Pliensbachian corals from the Western Tethys Author Vasseur, Raphaël Université de Lorraine, CNRS, lab. GeoRessources, UMR 7359, BP 70239, F- 54506 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy cedex (France) raphaelvasseur@wanadoo.fr Author Lathuilière, Bernard Université de Lorraine, CNRS, lab. GeoRessources, UMR 7359, BP 70239, F- 54506 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy cedex (France) bernard.lathuiliere@univ-lorraine.fr text Geodiversitas 2021 2021-11-23 43 22 1187 1291 journal article 10.5252/geodiversitas2021v43a22 1638-9395 5764379 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6D1643AD-66A5-4678-9397-CE08E610D641 Genus Podosmilia n. gen. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 919531A8-F816-4648-81FA-620BA459D843 TYPE SPECIES. — Podosmilia horologium n. sp. DIAGNOSIS. — Solitary coral with regular hexameral septal arrangement modified in depth by the superimposition of a bilateral symmetry: the inner edges of septa appear podoid in depth in transverse section and two opposed first-order septa are longer than the four others. The orientation of the podoid tips creates a characteristic pattern. The septal microstructure looks stylophyllid but no septal detachment has been observed at the inner edge. No columella. Endotheca made of vesicular dissepiments. No synapticulae. Wall parathecal. An epitheca s.l. wraps the corallum. ETYMOLOGY. — From greek πΟΔός (podós), refers to the foot-like aspect of septal inner edge in depth.