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Dermoseris irregularis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Comoseridae

Taxonomy
Thecosmilia irregularis was named by Etallon and Thurmann (1864). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Dermoseris irregularis by Turnsek and Mihajlovic (1973).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Thecosmilia irregularis Etallon and Thurmann pp. p. 384 figs. pl. 54 fig. 9
1864Thecosmilia irregularis Thurmann and Etallon
1949Thecosmilia irregularis Bendukidze p. 75 figs. Pl 8, figs 2,2a
1973Dermoseris irregularis Turnsek and Mihajlovic p. 100

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderMicrosoleninaMorycowa and Roniewicz 1995
familyComoseridae
genusDermoserisKoby 1887
speciesirregularis()

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.

Dermoseris irregularis Etallon and Thurmann 1864
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
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: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-04 10:53:12
Modified: 2008-02-04 12:53:12
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Late/Upper Tithonian or 157.90000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8United Kingdom Thecosmilia irregularis (35300)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Russian Federation (Severnaya Osetiya-Alaniya) Thecosmilia irregularis (89999)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Georgia Thecosmilia irregularis (90017)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Thecosmilia irregularis (34398)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Russian Federation (Severnaya Osetiya-Alaniya) Thecosmilia irregularis (89994)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Czechia Thecosmilia irregularis (36533)