Pseudofavosites Gerth 1922 (tabulate coral)

Anthozoa - Favositida - Pseudofavositidae

Full reference: H. Gerth. 1922. Der palaeontologische Charakter der Anthozoën-fauna des Perm von Timor. Jaarboek van het Mijnwezen Nederlandsch Oost-Indie 49:1-32

Parent taxon: Pseudofavositidae according to D. Hill 1981

See also Foster and Twitchett 2014 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Minatolites, Stylonites

Subtaxa: Pseudofavosites certus Pseudofavosites exiguus Pseudofavosites extraspinosus Pseudofavosites finitimus Pseudofavosites fusiforme Pseudofavosites irregularis Pseudofavosites laibinensis Pseudofavosites stylifer

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Type: Pseudofavosites stylifer

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Permian of Armenia (1 collection), Azerbaijan (1), China (3), Indonesia (3), Iran (6), Japan (1), Thailand (2)

• Carboniferous of Spain (1)

Total: 18 collections including 19 occurrences

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