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Pleuropodia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia

Taxonomy
Pleuropodia was named by Dennant (1903) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo]. It is not extant. Its type is Pleuropodia otwayensis.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
P. otwayensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Pleuropodia Dennant
2002Pleuropodia Sepkoski

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

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.

G. †Pleuropodia Dennant 1903
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Pleuropodia otwayensis Dennant 1903
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 37.71000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Australia (South Australia) P. otwayensis (122465)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Australia (Victoria) P. otwayensis (122379)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) P. otwayensis (122382)