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Thamniscus

Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Septoporidae

Taxonomy
Thamniscus was named by King (1849) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara P Guad-u Sepkoski's reference number: 571,742]. Its type is Thamniscus perplexus.

It was assigned to Fenestellidae by Bassler (1953); to Fenestrata by Sepkoski (2002); and to Septoporidae by Lisitsyn and Ernst (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Thamniscus King p. 389
1953Thamniscus Bassler p. G126
2002Thamniscus Sepkoski
2004Thamniscus Lisitsyn and Ernst p. 292

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
RankNameAuthor
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classStenolaemataBorg 1926
orderCryptostomataVine 1884
suborderFenestelloidea
suborderFenestellinaAstrova and Morozova 1956
familySeptoporidae
genusThamniscus

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. †Thamniscus King 1849
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Thamniscus digitatus Girty 1909
Thamniscus erraticus Gilmour et al. 1997
Thamniscus indubius Morozova 1970
Thamniscus orientalis Reed 1927
Thamniscus perplexus Ernst 2004
Thamniscus ramulosus Ulrich 1890
Thamniscus serialis Waagen and Pichl 1885
Thamniscus sevillensis Ulrich 1890
Thamniscus siccus Dreyer 1961
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: epifaunalp
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-18 02:11:14
Modified: 2010-02-15 07:19:29
Source: c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Smith et al. 2006, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Telychian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 438.60000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (84 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Sweden T. tornquisti (77409)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4Afghanistan T. sp. (99508)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4USA (Indiana) T. sp. (224224 224230)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4USA (California) T. sp. (10241)
Carboniferous358.86 - 298.9USA (Arizona) T. furcillatus (124288)
Carboniferous358.86 - 298.9USA (California) T. sp. (12345)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (Kentucky) T. sp. (76447)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (Indiana) T. sp. (550 559)
Chadian346.7 - 339.9USA (Kentucky) T. sp. (2641 2642 2643 2644 2672 2675 2676 2680 2681 2689)
Chadian346.7 - 339.9USA (Indiana) T. sp. (2059 2184 2185 2187 2191 2202 2204 2207 2208 2252 2439)
Chadian346.7 - 339.9USA (Tennessee) T. sp. (2683)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 339.9USA (Indiana) T. sp. (556 557 558)
Visean346.7 - 330.3France T. colei (226674)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) T. colei (76523 76524)
Asbian - Brigantian339.9 - 330.3United Kingdom (England) T. sp. (28383)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3United Kingdom (Scotland) T. sp. (6393)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3USA (Alabama) T. sp. (6766 6773 6782 6789 6790 6791 6792 6794 6809 6831 6837 6844 6847)
Chesterian335.4 - 323.4USA (Utah) T. raribifurcatus (41261)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4USA (Oklahoma) T. erectus (5611)
Bashkirian323.4 - 315.2India T. sp. (230685)
Pennsylvanian - Asselian323.4 - 293.52China (Xizang) T. sp. (61391)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Pennsylvania) T. sevillensis (184081)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7Spain T. octonarus (144056)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Japan T. problematicus (64272)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (Alaska) T. sp. (109345)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Iran T. sp. nov. (111398)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Canada (British Columbia) T. unilateralis (82123)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Thailand T. sp. (64358)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Texas) T. sp. (108898)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Russian Federation T. indubius (99997 113606 113608 144254)
Roadian - Capitanian274.4 - 259.51USA (Texas) T. digitatus (108896)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Nevada) T. erraticus (61720)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Nei Mongol) T. orientalis (109616)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Poland T. sp. (188306 188307 188308)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Germany T. perplexus (82804 107651) T. siccus (122176) T. sp. (10696)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14United Kingdom (Durham) T. sp. (161509 161513)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Pakistan T. serialis (119541 119542) T. sp. (109260)