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Thamnopora compacta

Anthozoa - Favositida - Pachyporidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Thamnopora compacta Tchudinova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderFavositidaWedekind 1937
RankNameAuthor
suborderFavositinaWedekind 1937
superfamilyPachyporoidea(Gerth 1921)
familyPachyporidaeGerth 1921
genusThamnoporaSteininger 1831
speciescompactaTchudinova 1959

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.

Thamnopora compacta Tchudinova 1959
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubc
Locomotion: stationarysubc
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Diet 2: photosymbioticsubc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:11
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:41
Source: subc = subclass, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Emsian to the top of the Middle Givetian or 410.62000 to 383.40000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Mongolia Thamnopora compacta (46026)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31China (Hunan) Thamnopora compacta (80272)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Vietnam Thamnopora compacta (83320)
Middle Givetian385.9 - 383.4China Thamnopora compacta (212695)