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Thamnasteria gracilis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae

Taxonomy
Astrea gracilis was named by Muenster (1829). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Centrastrea gracilis by D'Orbigny (1849), d'Orbigny (1850); it was recombined as Thamnastraea gracilis by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1857); it was recombined as Thamnasteria gracilis by Koby (1887), Turnsek and Mihajlovic (1973).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. delicata, T. dumonti, T. lamourouxii, T. nikoletti, T. piparensis, T. silesica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Astrea gracilis Münster
1829Astrea gracilis Muenster p. 112 figs. pl. 38 fig. 13
1849Centrastrea gracilis D'Orbigny p. 9
1850Centrastrea gracilis d'Orbigny p. 387
1857Thamnastraea gracilis Milne-Edwards and Haime p. 561
1887Thamnasteria gracilis Koby p. 100
1973Thamnasteria gracilis Turnsek and Mihajlovic p. 100

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyThamnasteriidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusThamnasteriaLeSauvage 1823
speciesgracilis()

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.

†Thamnasteria gracilis Muenster 1829
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yesf
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-26 10:03:33
Modified: 2008-01-26 12:03:33
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Aalenian to the top of the Early/Lower Valanginian or 174.70000 to 132.60000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aalenian - Bajocian174.7 - 168.2Iran (Tabas Area) Thamnasteria gracilis (41399)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland Thamnasteria gracilis (93151 93152)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Bourgogne) Thamnasteria gracilis (93114 93157)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Franche-Comte) Thamnasteria gracilis (93158)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Poland Thamnasteria gracilis (68367)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal Thamnasteria gracilis (67935)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Poland Thamnasteria gracilis (85572)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal Thamnasteria gracilis (67958 68809)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal (Centro) Thamnasteria gracilis (68220)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Azerbaijan Thamnasteria gracilis (78475)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Poland Thamnasteria gracilis (21268)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany Thamnasteria gracilis (211294)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Portugal Thamnasteria gracilis (68239)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Serbia (Serbia) Thamnasteria gracilis (57154 57155)
Late/Upper Berriasian - Early/Lower Valanginian139.1 - 132.6Spain Thamnasteria gracilis (69144)