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Pleuropodia otwayensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia

Taxonomy
Pleuropodia otwayensis was named by Dennant (1903). It is not extant. Its type locality is Cape Otway, which is in an Oligocene/Miocene marine horizon in Australia. It is the type species of Pleuropodia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Pleuropodia otwayensis Dennant

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
genusPleuropodia
speciesotwayensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Pleuropodia otwayensis Dennant 1903
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:46
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Oligocene or 37.20000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Australia (South Australia) Pleuropodia otwayensis (122465)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Australia (Victoria) Pleuropodia otwayensis (122379)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) Pleuropodia otwayensis (type locality: 122382)