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Thecosmilia virgulina

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thecosmiliidae

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

It was recombined as Thecosmilia virgulina by Geyer (1955).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Calamophyllia virgulina Etallon
1864Calamophyllia virgulina Etallon and Thurmann p. 382 figs. pl. 54 fig. 6
1955Thecosmilia virgulina Geyer

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

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 virgulina Etallon and Thurmann 1864
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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 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 Jurassic161.5 - 143.1Indonesia Thecosmilia virgulina (68463)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Georgia Thecosmilia virgulina (90018)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Azerbaijan Thecosmilia virgulina (78478 78480)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Czechia Thecosmilia virgulina (36533 36539)