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Romingerella major

Anthozoa - Favositida - Theciidae

Taxonomy
Thecia major was named by Rominger (1876). It is the type species of Romingerella.

It was recombined as Romingerella major by Klaamann (1964).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Romingerella major Klaamann

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderFavositidaWedekind 1937
RankNameAuthor
suborderFavositinaWedekind 1937
familyTheciidaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1849
genusRomingerellaAmsden 1949
speciesmajor(Rominger 1876)

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.

Romingerella major Rominger 1876
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubc
Locomotion: stationarysubc
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Diet 2: photosymbioticsubc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:11
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:41
Source: subc = subclass, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Ludfordian or 425.00000 to 422.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Silurian443.1 - 419.62USA (Kentucky) Romingerella major (5676)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7USA (Indiana) Romingerella major (6706)