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Thecopsammia cylindrica

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae

Taxonomy
Thecopsammia cylindrica was named by Kuzmicheva (1987). Its type locality is Dnipropetrovsk, Mandrikovka Formation, which is in a Priabonian perireef or subreef limestone in the Mandrikovka Formation of Ukraine.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Thecopsammia cylindrica Kuzmicheva

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDendrophylliinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyDendrophylliidaeGray 1847
genusThecopsammiaPourtales 1868
speciescylindrica

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.

†Thecopsammia cylindrica Kuzmicheva 1987
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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: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Ukraine Thecopsammia cylindrica (type locality: 77068)