Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Alternative spellings: Thamnastraea, Thamnastrea
Synonyms: Centrastrea D'Orbigny 1849, Dactylocoenia D'Orbigny 1849
Parent taxon: Thamnasteriidae according to E. Roniewicz and G. D. Stanley 2013
See also Fischer 1969, Kiessling 2003, Lathuilière 2024, López-Pérez 2005, Roniewicz 1976, Sepkoski 2002 and Wells 1956
Sister taxa: Corbariastraea, Dendrastrea, Dimorphofungia, Mesomorpha, Polyastropsis, Recticostastraea, Stereocaenia
Subtaxa: Centrastrea arborescens Centrastrea bayardi Centrastrea granulata Centrastrea interrupta Centrastrea oculata Dactylocoenia digitata Thamnasteria abukumaensis Thamnasteria andranomarivensis Thamnasteria aspera Thamnasteria bevoayensis Thamnasteria bonanomii Thamnasteria communis Thamnasteria concinna Thamnasteria concinnaformis Thamnasteria coquandi Thamnasteria cotteaui Thamnasteria defrancei Thamnasteria dendroidea Thamnasteria felixi Thamnasteria globosa Thamnasteria gracilis Thamnasteria heterogenea Thamnasteria hoffmeisteri Thamnasteria huzimotoi Thamnasteria imlayi Thamnasteria iranensis Thamnasteria jaccardi Thamnasteria japonica Thamnasteria jezoensis Thamnasteria kobyi Thamnasteria latistellata Thamnasteria leptopetala Thamnasteria lobata Thamnasteria loryi Thamnasteria maeandra Thamnasteria mammosa Thamnasteria matsushitai Thamnasteria microconos Thamnasteria miyakoensis Thamnasteria moreana Thamnasteria naumanni Thamnasteria nicoleti Thamnasteria ogawaensis Thamnasteria patina Thamnasteria pseudopaliformis Thamnasteria racemosa Thamnasteria rhaetica Thamnasteria rumignyensis Thamnasteria scita Thamnasteria seriata Thamnasteria settsassi Thamnasteria sinuata Thamnasteria sinuosa Thamnasteria smithi Thamnasteria suprajurensis Thamnasteria tenuissima Thamnasteria tokushimaensis Thamnasteria tonantzinae Thamnasteria torinosuensis Thamnasteria yuraensis Thamnastrea dumonti Thamnastrea perroni Thamnastrea portlandica
Type: Astrea dendroidea
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Hungary (1 collection), Italy (1), United States (1: California)
• Cretaceous of Austria (2), China (2), Czechia (2), Egypt (1), Georgia (4), Germany (5), Hungary (1), Japan (4), Mexico (2), Pakistan (1), Poland (1), Romania (1), Serbia (1), Spain (1), Switzerland (2), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Texas)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Japan (5)
• Jurassic of Argentina (1), Austria (2), Azerbaijan (4), Belarus (1), Chile (2), Czechia (4), France (57), Georgia (3), Germany (29), Greece (1), India (1), Indonesia (1), Iran (8), Italy (6), Japan (5), Jordan (2), Lebanon (1), Madagascar (3), Mexico (1), Morocco (5), North Atlantic (2), Peru (1), Poland (22), Portugal (24), Romania (4), the Russian Federation (1), Saudi Arabia (5), Serbia (2), Slovenia (6), Spain (3), Switzerland (11), Thailand (2), Tunisia (3), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (27), United States (1: Arkansas), Uzbekistan (2)
• Triassic of Austria (1), Canada (5: British Columbia, Yukon), China (2), Greece (1), Hungary (1), India (1), Iran (1), Italy (3), Slovenia (1), Tajikistan (3), Thailand (1), United States (18: Alaska, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon)
Total: 335 collections including 424 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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