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Podoseris

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae

Taxonomy

Podoseris was named by Duncan (1869) [Sepkoski's age data: K m]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Haplaraeinae by Baron-Szabo (2002); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

P. elongata (syn. P. jessoni, Rhizangia elongata), P. mammiliformis (syn. P. brevis, P. dubia, Rhizangia mammiliformis, P. anomala, P. affinis)

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1869	Podoseris Duncan
2002	Podoseris Baron-Szabo
2002	Podoseris Sepkoski

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
—	Hexacorallia	()
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900

Rank	Name	Author
suborder	Fungiina	Verrill 1865
family	Haplaraeidae	Vaughan and Wells 1943
subfamily	Haplaraeinae	Vaughan and Wells 1943
genus	Podoseris	Duncan 1869

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. †Podoseris Duncan 1869

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†Podoseris elongata Duncan 1869

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Invalid names: Podoseris jessoni Duncan 1889 [synonym], Rhizangia elongata Duncan 1885 [synonym]

†Podoseris mammiliformis Duncan 1869

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Invalid names: Podoseris affinis Duncan 1889 [synonym], Podoseris anomala Duncan 1889 [synonym], Podoseris brevis Duncan 1889 [synonym], Podoseris dubia Duncan 1889 [synonym], Rhizangia mammiliformis Duncan 1885 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragoniteo

Grouping:

colonialf

Clonal:

yesf

Environment:

marineo

Locomotion:

stationaryo

Attached:

yeso

Life habit:

intermediate-level epifaunalo

Diet:

photosymbioticf

Diet 2:

suspension feederf

Vision:

blindc

Reproduction:

alternatingo

Asexual:

yeso

Dispersal:

watero

Dispersal 2:

planktonico

Created:

2008-02-10 09:04:12

Modified:

2008-02-10 11:04:12

Source: f = family, o = order, c = class

Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Albian to the top of the Middle Albian or 112.03000 to 105.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian	112.03 - 109.0	Austria	P. mammiliformis, P. elongata (157093) P. sp. (157095)
Middle Albian	109.0 - 105.3	Austria	P. elongata (157099)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian	109.0 - 99.6	United Kingdom (England)	P. mammiliformis (138713)