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Thecosmilia gregaria

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thecosmiliidae

Taxonomy
Thecosmilia gregaria was named by M'Coy (1851). It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Montlivaultia gregaria M'Coy
1851Thecosmilia gregaria M'Coy
1881Coenotheca zolleriana Quenstedt

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyThecosmiliidaeDuncan 1884
genusThecosmiliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesgregariaM'Coy 1851

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 gregaria M'Coy 1851
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Invalid names: Coenotheca zolleriana Quenstedt 1881 [synonym], Montlivaultia gregaria M'Coy 1848 [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: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Middle Oxfordian or 170.30000 to 155.70000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4Germany (Bayern) Thecosmilia gregaria (87041)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4Iran Coenotheca zolleriana (73966)
Late/Upper Bajocian - Middle Bathonian171.6 - 164.7Iran (Tabas Area) Coenotheca zolleriana (41408)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Switzerland Thecosmilia gregaria (162347)
Bathonian - Middle Callovian168.3 - 161.2Iran (Tabas Area) Coenotheca zolleriana (41410 41414 41416)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7United Kingdom (England) Thecosmilia gregaria (38159)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Iran (Tabas Area) Coenotheca zolleriana (41422)