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Thecosmilia dichotoma

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thecosmiliidae

Taxonomy
Thecosmilia dichotoma was named by Koby (1884). It is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. choffati

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Thecosmilia dichotoma Koby
1976Thecosmilia pinguis Eliasova
1989Latiphyllia pinguis Beauvais

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyThecosmiliidaeDuncan 1884
genusThecosmiliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesdichotoma

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 dichotoma Koby 1884
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Invalid names: Thecosmilia pinguis Eliasova 1976 [synonym]
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 Albian or 170.90000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6Iran Thecosmilia dichotoma (73966)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Slovakia Thecosmilia dichotoma (60237)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1Indonesia Thecosmilia dichotoma, Latiphyllia pinguis (68463)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Poland Thecosmilia dichotoma (68365 68366 68367)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Georgia Thecosmilia dichotoma (85931)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Portugal Thecosmilia dichotoma (68610)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Slovenia Thecosmilia dichotoma (68674)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Georgia Thecosmilia dichotoma (90018)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal Thecosmilia dichotoma (34662)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal Thecosmilia dichotoma (68242 68784 68785)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Thecosmilia dichotoma (23887)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Thecosmilia dichotoma (34398)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Poland Thecosmilia dichotoma (133384)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Czechia Thecosmilia dichotoma (62219)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Czechia Thecosmilia dichotoma (36538) Thecosmilia dichotoma, Thecosmilia pinguis (36533)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Poland Thecosmilia dichotoma (64116)
Late/Upper Berriasian139.1 - 137.05Austria Thecosmilia dichotoma (192210 192211 192212 192215 192216)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Bulgaria (Pernik) Thecosmilia pinguis (87072 87074 87076 87078 87086)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57Austria Thecosmilia dichotoma (221476)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Germany Thecosmilia dichotoma (221477)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Greece Thecosmilia dichotoma (34719)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Spain Thecosmilia dichotoma (56935)