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Pseudopolythecalis

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Pseudopolythecalis Xu p. 229
1981Pseudopolythecalis Hill
2002Pseudopolythecalis Sepkoski
2003Pseudopolythecalis Wang et al. p. 390
2006Pseudopolythecalis Wang et al. p. 336

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderLonsdaleiinaSpasskiy 1974
familyWaagenophyllidaeWang 1950
subfamilyWentzellophyllinae
genusPseudopolythecalis

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
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:55:09
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:57
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Capitanian or 290.10000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3China (Xizang) P. tibeticus (97292) P. xizangensis, P. attenuseptatum (109646)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3China (Guangxi) P. raredentata (132985)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3China (Guizhou) P. ziyunensis (95931)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Guizhou) P. elegans (95944) P. yanheensis (95961) P. zunyiensis (95951)
Roadian - Capitanian274.4 - 259.51China (Hunan) P. intermedis (109908)
Roadian - Capitanian274.4 - 259.51China (Guizhou) P. minor (95950)