Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Pseudopisthophyllum

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Opisthophyllidae

Taxonomy
Pseudopisthophyllum was named by Geyer (1955) [Sepkoski's age data: J Tith-u K l Sepkoski's reference number: 658,868]. It is not extant. Its type is Pseudopisthophyllum berckhemeri.

It was assigned to Amphiastreidae by Geyer (1955); to Amphiastraeidae by Eliasova (1975); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Opisthophyllidae by Baron-Szabo (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Pseudopisthophyllum Geyer
1975Pseudopisthophyllum Eliasova p. 18
2002Pseudopisthophyllum Sepkoski
2003Pseudopisthophyllum Baron-Szabo

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderAmphiastraeinaAlloiteau 1952
familyOpisthophyllidaeGeyer 1955
genusPseudopisthophyllum

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: 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 Tithonian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 152.10000 to 109.00000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian163.5 - 150.8China (Xizang) Pseudopistophyllum sp. (116455)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Czech Republic P. polonense (62219)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Czech Republic P. berckhemeri (36539) P. berckhemeri, P. polonense (36533)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Poland P. woznikensis (64116)
Middle Tithonian - Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Czech Republic P. woznikensis (31285)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45Bulgaria Pseudopistophyllum triseptatum (151442)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0Mexico (Sonora) P. quinqueseptatum (35101)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Greece P. quinqueseptatum (60374)
Albian113.0 - 100.5China (Xizang) P. rariseptata (74279)