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Thecosmilia minuta

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thecosmiliidae

Taxonomy
Thecosmilia minuta was named by Koby (1884). It is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Thecosmilia minuta Koby

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyThecosmiliidaeDuncan 1884
genusThecosmiliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesminuta

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.

Thecosmilia minuta Koby 1884
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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 Oxfordian to the top of the Late/Upper Tithonian or 161.20000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.2 - 152.1Slovenia Thecosmilia minuta (68679)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Czech Republic Thecosmilia minuta (36533)