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Thecosmilia trichotoma

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thecosmiliidae

Taxonomy
Lithodendron trichotomum was named by Goldfuss (1826). Its type specimen is Lectotype BIOB-PB-Goldfuss-158, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Thecosmilia trichotoma by d'Orbigny (1850), Milne-Edwards (1857), de Fromentel (1861), Geyer (1955), Löser et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Lithodendron trichotomum Goldfuss
1850Thecosmilia trichotoma d'Orbigny p. 385
1857Thecosmilia trichotoma Milne-Edwards p. 356
1861Thecosmilia trichotoma de Fromentel p. 142
1955Thecosmilia trichotoma Geyer
2018Thecosmilia trichotoma Löser et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyThecosmiliidae(Duncan 1884)
genusThecosmiliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciestrichotoma()

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 trichotoma Goldfuss 1826
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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 Bajocian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 170.90000 to 119.57000 Ma

Collections (51 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6Iran Thecosmilia trichotoma (73966)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Slovakia Thecosmilia trichotoma (60237)
Early/Lower Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Czechia Thecosmilia trichotoma (61227)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Germany (Niedersachsen) Thecosmilia trichotoma (31435 98352)
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Germany (Niedersachsen) Thecosmilia trichotoma (31437)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Lorraine) Thecosmilia trichotoma (93188)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Franche-Comte) Thecosmilia trichotoma (87801 93184)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland Thecosmilia trichotoma (85959 93151 93152 93153)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Poland Thecosmilia trichotoma (68373)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Russian Federation (Severnaya Osetiya-Alaniya) Thecosmilia trichotoma (89999)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Georgia Thecosmilia trichotoma (85930)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Germany (Lower Saxony) Thecosmilia trichotoma (23910 23913 23916 23918 23921)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Portugal Thecosmilia trichotoma (68590)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Georgia (South Ossetia) Thecosmilia trichotoma (90002)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Ukraine Thecosmilia trichotoma (90026)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Georgia Thecosmilia trichotoma (90000)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Slovenia Thecosmilia trichotoma (68690)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal Thecosmilia trichotoma (34662 67905 67906 68599)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Poland Thecosmilia trichotoma (68369 68370)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal (Centro) Thecosmilia trichotoma (68220)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal Thecosmilia trichotoma (68242 68815)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Portugal Thecosmilia trichotoma (68241)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Thecosmilia trichotoma (23887 23902)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bayern) Thecosmilia trichotoma (31547 31548 31549)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Russian Federation (Severnaya Osetiya-Alaniya) Thecosmilia trichotoma (89994)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Thecosmilia trichotoma (23903 23904 34398)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Portugal Thecosmilia trichotoma (8604)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Poland Thecosmilia trichotoma (133387)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Czechia Thecosmilia trichotoma (36533 36537)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Poland Thecosmilia trichotoma (64116)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Greece Thecosmilia trichotoma (34719)