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Thecosmilia cartieri

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thecosmiliidae

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Thecosmilia cartieri Koby

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

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 cartieri Koby 1884
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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 Early/Lower Tithonian or 157.90000 to 145.06000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Centre) Thecosmilia cartieri (93124)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland Thecosmilia cartieri (93098 93134 93155)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Franche-Comte) Thecosmilia cartieri (93184)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Georgia Thecosmilia cartieri (90001)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Uzbekistan Thecosmilia cartieri (34859)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Turkmenistan Thecosmilia cartieri (85949)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Georgia Thecosmilia cartieri (90000)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Ukraine Thecosmilia cartieri (90026)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Russian Federation (Severnaya Osetiya-Alaniya) Thecosmilia cartieri (89994)