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Thamnasteria

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae

Taxonomy

Thamnasteria was named by LeSauvage (1823). Its type is Astrea dendroidea.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Thamnasteriidae by Fischer (1969), Roniewicz (1976), López-Pérez (2005), Roniewicz and Stanley (2013).

Species

Centrastrea arborescens, Centrastrea bayardi, Centrastrea granulata, Centrastrea interrupta, Centrastrea oculata, Dactylocoenia digitata, T. abukumaensis, T. andranomarivensis, T. aspera, T. bevoayensis, T. bonanomii, T. communis, T. concinna, T. concinnaformis, T. constricta, T. coquandi, T. cotteaui, T. defrancei (syn. Synastrea defranciana), T. dendroidea, T. felixi, T. globosa, T. gracilis, T. heterogenea, T. hoffmeisteri, T. huzimotoi, T. imlayi, T. iranensis, T. jaccardi, T. japonica, T. jezoensis, T. kobyi, T. latistellata, T. leptopetala, T. lobata, T. loryi, T. maeandra, T. mammosa, T. matsushitai, T. microconos, T. minima, T. miyakoensis, T. moreana, T. naumanni, T. nicoleti, T. ogawaensis, T. patina, T. pseudopaliformis, T. racemosa, T. rhaetica, T. rumignyensis, T. scita, T. seriata, T. settsassi, T. sinuata, T. sinuosa, T. smithi, T. suprajurensis, T. tenuissima, T. tokushimaensis, T. tonantzinae, T. torinosuensis, T. yuraensis, Thamnastrea dumonti, Thamnastrea dumosa, Thamnastrea perroni, Thamnastrea portlandica

Species lacking formal opinion data

T. belgica, T. borealis, T. borealis, T. borealis, T. defranciana, T. delicata, T. dendroidea, T. dronovi, T. dumonti, T. dumorti, T. eocoenica, T. etheridgei, T. favrei, T. fromenteli, T. kachensis, T. lamourouxii, T. langrunensis, T. leptomeres, T. mcoyi, T. morean, T. nicoletti, T. nikoletti, T. piparensis, T. polystila, T. pseudoculata, T. pseudooculata, T. puncata, T. rectimellosa, T. silesica, T. tenuis, T. valfinensis, T. walfordi

Synonyms

Centrastrea was named by D'Orbigny (1849).

It was synonymized subjectively with Thamnasteria by Wells (1956), Kiessling (2003).
Dactylocoenia was named by D'Orbigny (1849) [Sepkoski's age data: J Bath Sepkoski's reference number: 847].

It was synonymized subjectively with Thamnasteria by Wells (1956).

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1823	Thamnasteria LeSauvage p. 9
1849	Dactylocoenia D'Orbigny p. 7
1849	Centrastrea D'Orbigny p. 9
1969	Thamnasteria Fischer
1976	Thamnasteria Roniewicz
2002	Dactylocoenia Sepkoski
2002	Thamnastraea Sepkoski
2005	Thamnasteria López-Pérez p. 81
2013	Thamnasteria Roniewicz and Stanley p. 960

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
—	Hexacorallia	()

Rank	Name	Author
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900
family	Thamnasteriidae	Vaughan and Wells 1943
genus	Thamnasteria	LeSauvage 1823

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. †Thamnasteria LeSauvage 1823

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†Thamnasteria abukumaensis Mori 1963

†Thamnasteria andranomarivensis Alloiteau 1958

†Thamnasteria aspera Ogilvie 1897

†Thamnasteria bevoayensis Alloiteau 1958

†Thamnasteria bonanomii Koby 1887

†Thamnasteria communis de Fromentel 1861

†Thamnasteria concinna Goldfuss 1826

†Thamnasteria concinnaformis Bendukidze 1982

†Thamnasteria constricta Étallon 1859

†Thamnasteria coquandi Étallon 1859

†Thamnasteria cotteaui de Fromentel 1857

†Thamnasteria defrancei Michelin 1840

Invalid names: Synastrea defranciana Michelin 1841 [synonym]

†Thamnasteria dendroidea Lamouroux 1821

†Thamnasteria felixi Reyeros-Navarro 1963

†Thamnasteria globosa Ogilvie 1897

†Thamnasteria gracilis Muenster 1829

†Thamnasteria heterogenea Becker 1875

†Thamnasteria hoffmeisteri Wells 1933

†Thamnasteria huzimotoi Eguchi 1951

†Thamnasteria imlayi Wells 1942

†Thamnasteria iranensis Pandey and Fürsich 2003

†Thamnasteria jaccardi Koby 1888

†Thamnasteria japonica Eguchi 1951

†Thamnasteria jezoensis Eguchi 1951

†Thamnasteria kobyi Gregory 1900

†Thamnasteria latistellata Reuss 1854

†Thamnasteria leptopetala Reuss 1864

†Thamnasteria lobata Goldfuss 1826

†Thamnasteria loryi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851

†Thamnasteria maeandra Koby 1898

†Thamnasteria mammosa Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851

†Thamnasteria matsushitai Eguchi 1965

†Thamnasteria microconos Goldfuss 1826

†Thamnasteria minima Étallon 1859

†Thamnasteria miyakoensis Eguchi 1951

†Thamnasteria moreana d'Orbigny 1850

†Thamnasteria naumanni Eguchi 1951

†Thamnasteria nicoleti Koby 1887

†Thamnasteria ogawaensis Eguchi 1951

†Thamnasteria patina Becker 1875

†Thamnasteria pseudopaliformis Morycowa 1971

†Thamnasteria racemosa Bendukidze 1949

†Thamnasteria rhaetica Melnikova 1996

†Thamnasteria rumignyensis Fischer 1969

†Thamnasteria scita Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851

†Thamnasteria seriata Becker 1875

†Thamnasteria settsassi Volz 1896

†Thamnasteria sinuata Nomland 1916

†Thamnasteria sinuosa Morycowa 1964

†Thamnasteria smithi Squires 1956

†Thamnasteria suprajurensis Etallon and Thurmann 1864

†Thamnasteria tenuissima Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851

†Thamnasteria tokushimaensis Eguchi 1951

†Thamnasteria tonantzinae Filkorn and Pantoja-Alor 2009

†Thamnasteria torinosuensis Eguchi 1951

†Thamnasteria yuraensis Eguchi 1951

†Thamnastrea dumonti Chapuis and Dewalque 1853

†Thamnastrea dumosa de Fromentel 1856

†Thamnastrea perroni de Fromentel 1856

†Thamnastrea portlandica de Fromentel 1856

Invalid names: Centrastrea D'Orbigny 1849 [synonym], Dactylocoenia D'Orbigny 1849 [synonym]

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 Pelsonian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 244.24000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (335 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Oldest occurrences
Anisian	246.7 - 241.464	China (Guizhou)	T. sp. A, T. sp. B, T. sp. C (81047)
Pelsonian	244.24 - 243.33	Italy (Vicentin)	T. silesica (87260)
Illyrian	243.33 - 241.464	Hungary (Baranya)	T. sp. (78645)
Carnian	237.0 - 227.3	Italy	T. sp. (170920)
Carnian	237.0 - 227.3	Thailand	T. sp. (34566)
Carnian - Norian	237.0 - 205.7	USA (Oregon)	T. sp., T. borealis (100517)
Tuvalian	233.6 - 227.3	Greece	Thamnotropis settsassi (38018)
Tuvalian	233.6 - 227.3	Canada (British Columbia)	T. sp. (67003)
Lacian	227.3 - 215.38	USA (Nevada)	T. borealis, T. smithi (100412) T. smithi (150763 150770)
Lacian	227.3 - 215.38	USA (Alaska)	T. borealis (100531)
Youngest occurrences
Time interval	Ma	Country or state	PBDB collection number
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian	106.3 - 93.9	Mexico (Guerrero)	T. tonantzinae (89858)
Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	USA (Texas)	T. hoffmeisteri (123263)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Germany	T. belgica, T. tenuissima (74193)
Late/Upper Cretaceous	100.5 - 66.0	Pakistan	T. sp. (146035)
Early/Lower Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Czechia	T. tenuissima (35144 35148)
Turonian - Campanian	93.9 - 72.2	Georgia	T. latistellata (91629)
Early/Lower Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	Austria	T. favrei (24265 24266)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	Italy	T. eocoenica (75454)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	USA (California)	T. sinuata (122295)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.71 - 33.9	Hungary	T. leptopetala (123836)