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Thalamocaeniopsis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae

Taxonomy

Thalamocaeniopsis was named by Alloiteau (1953). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Thamnasteriidae by Filkorn and Pantoja-Alor (2009); and to Latomeandridae by Baron-Szabo (2021).

Species

T. explanata, T. mexicanensis, T. stricta (syn. T. ouenzensis, Isastraea neocomiensis, Favia stricta)

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1953	Thalamocaeniopsis Alloiteau
2009	Thalamocaeniopsis Filkorn and Pantoja-Alor
2021	Thalamocaeniopsis Baron-Szabo

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
—	Hexacorallia	()

Rank	Name	Author
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900
suborder	Microsolenina	Morycowa and Roniewicz 1995
family	Latomeandridae	Alloiteau 1952
genus	Thalamocaeniopsis	Alloiteau 1953

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.

G. †Thalamocaeniopsis Alloiteau 1953

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†Thalamocaeniopsis explanata Oriol 1994

†Thalamocaeniopsis mexicanensis Filkorn and Pantoja-Alor 2009

†Thalamocaeniopsis stricta Eichwald 1865

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Invalid names: Favia stricta Eduards and Haime 1857 [synonym], Isastraea neocomiensis Tomes 1885 [synonym], Thalamocaeniopsis ouenzensis Alloiteau 1953 [synonym]

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
R.C. Baron-Szabo 2021	Colonial, ramose, massive to lamellar, cerioid to cerio-meandroid. Budding intracalicular and (?extracalicular-) marginal. Corallites isolated or arranged in very short (up to three corallite centers in type species), wavy series. Corallite centers connected by lamellar linkages present or absent. Series separated by tectiform collines. No ambulacra. Costosepta confluent to non-confluent, and have sparse irregularly occurring perforations. Their lateral flanks covered by medium-sized (up to around 100 μm tall) rounded to spiniform granules and pennulae. Columella composed of a small number of papillae or elongate segments. Paliform structures present or absent. Endothecal dissepiments present. Synapticulae occur throughout the colony. Intertrabecular distance ranging between 90 and ca. 210 μm. Wall parasynapticulothecal, complete or incomplete.

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragoniteo

Grouping:

colonialf

Clonal:

yesf

Environment:

marineo

Locomotion:

stationaryo

Attached:

yeso

Life habit:

intermediate-level epifaunalo

Diet:

photosymbioticf

Diet 2:

suspension feederf

Vision:

blindc

Reproduction:

alternatingo

Asexual:

yesf

Dispersal:

watero

Dispersal 2:

planktonico

Created:

2008-01-28 06:50:30

Modified:

2008-01-28 08:50:30

Source: f = family, o = order, c = class

References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Valanginian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 139.80000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (14 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Valanginian	139.8 - 132.9	Spain	T. explanata (220703)
Aptian	125.0 - 113.0	Romania	T. sp. (221640)
Aptian - Early/Lower Albian	125.0 - 109.0	Spain	T. sp. (74894)
Late/Upper Aptian	122.46 - 113.0	Spain (Murcia)	T. sp. (154981)
Late/Upper Aptian	122.46 - 113.0	Spain	T. ouenzensis (132349 132351 132377 132379)
Early/Lower Aptian	121.4 - 122.46	Austria	T. stricta (221478)
Early/Lower Aptian	121.4 - 122.46	Spain	T. sp., T. ouenzensis (132376)
Early/Lower Aptian	121.4 - 122.46	Germany	T. stricta (221477)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Spain	T. cenomanensis, T. cretacea, T. confusa, T. minor, T. sp., T. taramellii (23537)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Greece	T. explanata (203930) T. sp. (204526)