Paleofavosites prayi Flower 1961 (tabulate coral)

Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae

Full reference: R. H. Flower. 1961. Montoya and related colonial corals. Memoir New Mexico State Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources 7(1):3-97

Belongs to Paleofavosites according to Flower 1961

Sister taxa: Palaeofavosites aaloei, Palaeofavosites abstrusus, Palaeofavosites aliquantulus, Palaeofavosites alveolaris, Palaeofavosites arcticus, Palaeofavosites aspera, Palaeofavosites balticus, Palaeofavosites borealis, Palaeofavosites collatatus, Palaeofavosites corrugatus, Palaeofavosites dagoensis, Palaeofavosites estonus, Palaeofavosites felix, Palaeofavosites forbesiformis, Palaeofavosites globosus, Palaeofavosites gramineus, Palaeofavosites haapsaluensis, Palaeofavosites hirtus, Palaeofavosites hystrix, Palaeofavosites ignotus, Palaeofavosites jaaniensis, Palaeofavosites juuru, Palaeofavosites karinuensis, Palaeofavosites legibilis, Palaeofavosites limbergensis, Palaeofavosites luhai, Palaeofavosites luxuriosus, Palaeofavosites mirus, Palaeofavosites mullochensis, Palaeofavosites mysticus, Palaeofavosites oelaensis, Palaeofavosites optatus, Palaeofavosites parilis, Palaeofavosites pauculus, Palaeofavosites paulus, Palaeofavosites porkuniensis, Palaeofavosites porosus, Palaeofavosites primus, Palaeofavosites raikuelaensis, Palaeofavosites rudis, Palaeofavosites rugosus, Palaeofavosites saaremicus, Palaeofavosites schmidti, Palaeofavosites septosus, Palaeofavosites suurikuensis, Palaeofavosites tenuis, Palaeofavosites tersus, Palaeofavosites vetustus, Palaeofavosites vexatus, Paleofavosites barunurticus, Paleofavosites capax, Paleofavosites kuellmeri, Paleofavosites mccullochae, Paleofavosites okulitchi, Paleofavosites poulseni, Paleofavosites sparsus, Paleofavosites transiens, Calamopora spongites, Calamopora alveolaris, Calamopora reticulata, Calamopora fibrosa

Type specimen: Its type locality is Franklin Mountains, coral biostrome, which is in a Maysvillian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Aleman Formation of Texas

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic

Distribution:

• Ordovician of United States (3: New Mexico, Texas, Wyoming collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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