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Thamnasteria coquandi

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae

Taxonomy
Thamnastraea coquandi was named by Étallon (1859). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Thamnasteria coquandi by Babaev (1973).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Thamnastraea coquandi Étallon p. 517
1864Thamnastraea coquandi Etallon
1973Thamnasteria coquandi Babaev

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyThamnasteriidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusThamnasteriaLeSauvage 1823
speciescoquandi()

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.

Thamnasteria coquandi Étallon 1859
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yesf
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-26 10:03:33
Modified: 2008-01-26 12:03:33
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Oxfordian or 161.20000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Switzerland Thamnasteria coquandi (85959 93151)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3France (Centre) Thamnasteria coquandi (93124)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3France (Franche-Comte) Thamnasteria coquandi (93095)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3France (Bourgogne) Thamnasteria coquandi (93114)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Azerbaijan Thamnasteria coquandi (78419 78420)