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Thecosmilia furcata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Taxonomy
Thecosmilia furcata was named by Koby (1884).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Thecosmilia furcata Koby

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMontlivaltiidaeDietrich 1926
genusThecosmiliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesfurcataKoby 1884

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 furcata Koby 1884
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-05 11:59:19
Modified: 2008-02-05 13:59:19
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Late/Upper Tithonian or 161.20000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3France (Bourgogne) Thecosmilia furcata (93157)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Switzerland Thecosmilia furcata (93094)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3France (Franche-Comte) Thecosmilia furcata (87801)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.2 - 152.1Georgia Thecosmilia furcata (90018)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0France Thecosmilia furcata (78571)