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Thecosmilia densa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thecosmiliidae

Taxonomy
Thecosmilia densa was named by Fromentel (1870).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Lithodendron trichotomum Goldfuss
1850Thecosmilia trichotoma d'Orbigny p. 385
1857Thecosmilia trichotoma Milne-Edwards p. 356
1870Thecosmilia densa Fromentel
1895Thecosmilia tobleri Koby
1955Thecosmilia trichotoma Geyer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyThecosmiliidae(Duncan 1884)
genusThecosmiliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesdensaFromentel 1870

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 densa Fromentel 1870
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Invalid names: Thecosmilia tobleri Koby 1895 [synonym], Thecosmilia trichotoma Goldfuss 1826 [synonym]
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 Early/Lower Bajocian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 170.90000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (56 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6Iran Thecosmilia trichotoma (73966)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Slovakia Thecosmilia trichotoma (60237)
Early/Lower Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Czechia Thecosmilia trichotoma (61227)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Germany (Niedersachsen) Thecosmilia trichotoma (31435 98352)
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Germany (Niedersachsen) Thecosmilia trichotoma (31437)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland Thecosmilia trichotoma (85959 93151 93152 93153)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Franche-Comte) Thecosmilia trichotoma (87801 93184)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Lorraine) Thecosmilia trichotoma (93188)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Germany (Lower Saxony) Thecosmilia trichotoma (23910 23913 23916 23918 23921)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Georgia Thecosmilia trichotoma (85930)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Russian Federation (Severnaya Osetiya-Alaniya) Thecosmilia trichotoma (89999)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Poland Thecosmilia trichotoma (68373)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Portugal Thecosmilia trichotoma (68590)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Georgia Thecosmilia trichotoma (90000)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Slovenia Thecosmilia trichotoma (68690)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Ukraine Thecosmilia trichotoma (90026)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Georgia (South Ossetia) Thecosmilia trichotoma (90002)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Poland Thecosmilia trichotoma (68369 68370)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal Thecosmilia trichotoma (34662 67905 67906 68599)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal Thecosmilia trichotoma (68242 68815)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal (Centro) Thecosmilia trichotoma (68220)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Portugal Thecosmilia trichotoma (68241)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Portugal Thecosmilia trichotoma (8604)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Thecosmilia trichotoma (23903 23904 34398)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Russian Federation (Severnaya Osetiya-Alaniya) Thecosmilia trichotoma (89994)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Bayern) Thecosmilia trichotoma (31547 31548 31549)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Thecosmilia trichotoma (23887 23902)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Poland Thecosmilia trichotoma (133387)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Poland Thecosmilia trichotoma (64116)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Czechia Thecosmilia trichotoma (36533 36537)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Ukraine (Crimea) Thecosmilia tobleri (22962)
Neocomian143.1 - 125.77Switzerland Thecosmilia tobleri (77005)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Ukraine Thecosmilia tobleri (77072)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Greece Thecosmilia trichotoma (34719)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Mexico (Oaxaca) Thecosmilia tobleri (79455)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Greece Thecosmilia densa (203930)