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Thecosmilia elegans

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thecosmiliidae

Taxonomy
Thecosmiliopsis elegans was named by Lebanidze (1991). Its type locality is Tepebashe Mountains, Abkhaziya, which is in an Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian perireef or subreef limestone in Georgia.

It was recombined as Thecosmilia elegans by Kiessling (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Thecosmiliopsis elegans Lebanidze
2014Thecosmilia elegans Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyThecosmiliidaeDuncan 1884
genusThecosmiliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
specieselegans()

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 elegans Lebanidze 1991
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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: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Kimmeridgian or 161.20000 to 152.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.2 - 152.1Georgia Thecosmiliopsis elegans (type locality: 85936)