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Thecosmilia eudenticulata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thecosmiliidae

Taxonomy
Thecosmilia eudenticulata was named by Wu (1977). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is HQ 6349-1-1, Xiaomachang, Heqing County, which is in a Norian marine horizon in the Songgui Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Thecosmilia eudenticulata Wu p. 35 figs. Pl 1, fig 7; text-fig 5

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

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.

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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: Norian or 228.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5China (Yunnan) Thecosmilia eudenticulata (type locality: 165385)