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Pachyseris

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae

Taxonomy
Pachyseris was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1849) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-m R Sepkoski's reference number: 2]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Agariciidae by Wells (1956); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Pachyseris Milne-Edwards and Haime
1956Pachyseris Wells
2002Pachyseris Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyAgariciicaeGray 1847
familyAgariciidaeGray 1847
genusPachyserisMilne-Edwards and Haime 1849

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. Pachyseris Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
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Subg. †Pachyseris (Pavonaraea) Umbgrove 1946
†Pachyseris affinis Duncan 1880
†Pachyseris compacta Umbgrove 1950
†Pachyseris cristata Martin 1880
†Pachyseris curvata Martin 1880
†Pachyseris denticulata Gerth 1923
†Pachyseris distans Gerth 1923
†Pachyseris irregularis Umbgrove 1946
Pachyseris rugosa Lamarck 1801
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Invalid names: Pachyseris levicollis Dana 1846 [synonym]
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 37.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (81 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Croatia P. sp. (87473)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France P. sp. (163836)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Iran P. affinis (25254)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Indonesia P. speciosa, P. denticulata (109041)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Indonesia P. distans (108810)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Pakistan (Sind) P. exarata, P. affinis (11292)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France P. crassatheca (163838)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Iran P. affinis (25257)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Fiji P. curvata (124829)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Indonesia P. sp. (145215)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Papua New Guinea (East New Britain) P. curvata (124823) P. curvata, Pavona irregularis (124822)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Indonesia (Kalimantan) P. sp. (28202)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Indonesia P. vandijki (71058)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Fiji P. rugosa (124835)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Java) P. curvata (45341 45342)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Indonesia P. cristata (109044) P. speciosa (109445 109453) P. valenciennesi (109450)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Tanzania P. speciosa, P. affinis (202214)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Indonesia (South Sulawesi) P. curvata (124782)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Java) P. curvata (45344) Pavonaraea irregularis, P. curvata (45343)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia P. speciosa (108778)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Papua New Guinea P. rugosa, P. speciosa (42736)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia P. rugosa, P. speciosa (108772) P. sp. (71079)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia P. speciosa (80954)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Indonesia (Paupa) P. sp. (62799) P. speciosa (62802)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia (South Sulawesi) P. curvata (124784)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan P. rugosa (34878)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia P. curvata (45332)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Taiwan P. speciosa (63139 63141)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Japan P. rugosa (87996)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Indonesia P. compacta (42739)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Japan P. rugosa, P. speciosa (81582) P. speciosa (87980)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Indonesia P. rugosa, P. speciosa (104657)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Indonesia (East Kalimantan) P. speciosa (108807)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117New Caledonia P. rugosa, P. speciosa (90064)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117French Polynesia P. sp. (89554)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Taiwan P. speciosa (63134)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Okinawa) P. rugosa (62770) P. speciosa (62769 62773)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan P. rugosa (88048 88052 88054) P. rugosa, P. speciosa (88044) P. speciosa (88040 88041 88042 88050)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117French Polynesia P. sp. (104934 104937 127276) P. speciosa (104935)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Caledonia P. levicollis (90043) P. rugosa (90042)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Eritrea P. speciosa (93827)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Kenya P. sp. (44906 44907 63158 81103)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) P. rugosa (97666)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Vanuatu P. rugosa (97442)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) P. sp. (166541)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan P. rugosa, P. speciosa (96956)
Holocene (interglacial)0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) P. speciosa (166462 166487 166489 166492 166493 166494 166495 166498 167487)