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Thamnoporella rara

Anthozoa - Favositida - Pachyporidae

Taxonomy
Thamnoporella rara was named by Tchudinova (2000). Its type specimen is PIN 3203/2 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kolyma River, opposite Polovinnyi Island, which is in a Cisuralian marine horizon in the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Thamnoporella rara Tchudinova p. 253 figs. Pl 1, fig 2

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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
genusThamnoporellaSokolov 1955
speciesrara

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.

Thamnoporella rara Tchudinova 2000
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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 Asselian to the top of the Roadian or 298.90000 to 266.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Tajikistan Thamnoporella rara (119039)
Cisuralian298.9 - 274.4Russian Federation Thamnoporella rara (type locality: 118982)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Russian Federation Thamnoporella rara (119038)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Russian Federation Thamnoporella rara (118983)