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Pseudoseptifer
Discussion
West (2015 Treatise: p. 19) concludes that "the fossil genus Chaetetes is treated here as a form genus and its constituent subgenera and species also have the status of form taxa."
Taxonomy
Pseudoseptifer was named by Fischer (1970) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Nori J Tith-u Sepkoski's reference number: 920]. It is considered to be a form taxon.
It was reranked as Chaetetes (Pseudoseptifer) by Fischer (1970), Beauvais (1980), West et al. (2015).
It was assigned to Chaetetidae by Hill (1981); to Tabulospongida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Chaetetes by Fischer (1970), Beauvais (1980), West et al. (2015).
It was reranked as Chaetetes (Pseudoseptifer) by Fischer (1970), Beauvais (1980), West et al. (2015).
It was assigned to Chaetetidae by Hill (1981); to Tabulospongida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Chaetetes by Fischer (1970), Beauvais (1980), West et al. (2015).
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1926 | Andenipora Gerth |
| 1970 | Chaetetes (Pseudoseptifer) Fischer |
| 1970 | Pseudoseptifer Fischer |
| 1980 | Chaetetes (Pseudoseptifer) Beauvais |
| 1981 | Pseudoseptifer Hill |
| 1991 | Andenipora Prinz |
| 2002 | Pseudoseptifer Sepkoski |
| 2015 | Chaetetes (Pseudoseptifer) West et al. p. 219 |
| 2024 | Andenipora Echevarria et al. p. 22 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Sevatian to the top of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 211.18000 to 149.20000 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norian | USA (Alaska) | P. sp. (97794) | |
| Sevatian | Tajikistan | P. bortepensis (34648) | |
| Sinemurian - Pliensbachian | Argentina (Mendoza) | Andenipora sp. (206097) | |
| Pliensbachian | Argentina (Neuquen) | Andenipora sp. (33817 33831) | |
| Pliensbachian | Argentina (Mendoza) | Andenipora sp. (33741) | |
| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Austria | P. spengleri (36223) |