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Thecosmilia langi

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thecosmiliidae

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

It was recombined as Latiphyllia langi by Beauvais (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Thecosmilia langi Koby
1988Latiphyllia langi Beauvais
2007Thecosmilia langi Pandey et al.

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

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 langi 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 Early/Lower Aalenian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 174.70000 to 110.10000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Myanmar Latiphyllia langi (79543)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6Iran Thecosmilia langi (73966)
Late/Upper Bajocian - Middle Bathonian168.6 - 165.3Iran (Tabas Area) Thecosmilia langi (41408)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland Thecosmilia langi (93098 93154)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Centre) Thecosmilia langi (93124)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Romania Thecosmilia langi (35191 35199)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8United Kingdom Latiphyllia langi (35300)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Spain Thecosmilia langi (34624)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal (Centro) Thecosmilia langi (68220)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Czechia Thecosmilia langi (36533)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Iran (Razavi-Chorasan) Thecosmilia langi (83393)