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Thamnasteria mettensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae

Taxonomy
Thamnasteria mettensis was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1851).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Thamnasteria mettensis Milne-Edwards and Haime

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyThamnasteriidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusThamnasteriaLeSauvage 1823
speciesmettensisMilne-Edwards and Haime 1851

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 mettensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
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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 Early/Lower Bajocian to the top of the Middle Oxfordian or 170.90000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (69 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aalenian - Bajocian174.7 - 168.2Iran (Tabas Area) Thamnasteria mettensis (41399)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6France (Lorraine) Thamnasteria mettensis (38551 38552 38553 38554 38555 38556 38557 38558 38559 38560 38561 38562)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6Luxembourg Thamnasteria mettensis (38549)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6Germany (Bayern) Thamnasteria mettensis (87042 87043)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6France (Bourgogne) Thamnasteria mettensis (38563 38564 38565 38566 38567 38568 38569 38570 38571 38572)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6France Thamnasteria mettensis (21269 38588 38590 38591 38592 66947 66948 66949 66950 66951 66952 66954)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6Iran Thamnasteria mettensis (73966)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6France (Mâconnais) Thamnasteria mettensis (38582 38583 38584 38585 38586 38587)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6France (Franche Comté) Thamnasteria mettensis (38573 38574 38575 38576 38577 38578 38579 38580 38581)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Slovakia (Trenčín) Thamnasteria mettensis (234458 234459 234460 234461)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Switzerland Thamnasteria mettensis (162347 162373)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2France Thamnasteria mettensis (34712)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Switzerland (Jura) Thamnasteria mettensis (86627)
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France (Centre) Thamnasteria mettensis (85965)
Bathonian - Middle Callovian168.2 - 161.5Iran (Tabas Area) Thamnasteria mettensis (41411 41414 41416)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tunisia Thamnasteria mettensis (36666)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Iran (Tabas Area) Thamnasteria mettensis (41418)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Iran (Tabas Area) Thamnasteria mettensis (41425)