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Thecosmilia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thecosmiliidae

Taxonomy

Thecosmilia was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848) [Sepkoski's age data: J m K Maes Sepkoski's reference number: 796,806]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Thecosmiliidae.

It was assigned to Montlivaltiidae by Roniewicz (1976); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Thecosmiliidae by Vasseur and Lathuilière (2021).

Species

T. acaulis, T. annularis, T. bassanii, T. bruntrutana, T. buonamici, T. buvignieri, T. cartieri, T. claudiensis, T. complanata, T. connecta, T. cornolensis, T. costata, T. crassa, T. cumanensis, T. cylindrica, T. delaunayi, T. densa (syn. T. tobleri), T. dichotoma (syn. T. pinguis), T. elegans, T. elongata, T. eudenticulata, T. furcata, T. grandis, T. gregaria (syn. Coenotheca zolleriana), T. gresslyi, T. guerreroensis, T. hideshimaensis, T. hoernesii, T. irregularis, T. jaccardi, T. laevis, T. lancisii, T. langi, T. longimana (syn. Lithodendron cylindratum), T. magna, T. martini, T. maxima, T. minuta, T. moraviensis, T. multigranulata, T. neglecta, T. ngariensis, T. norica, T. oaxaquensis, T. obtusa, T. omboni, T. palmata, T. panasqueirensis, T. plicata, T. qingyanensis, T. ramosa, T. rofanica, T. rutogensis, T. schardti, T. seminuda, T. socia, T. somaensis, T. subcylindrica, T. sublevis, T. tibetana, T. trichotoma, T. trilobata, T. turbina, T. turbinata, T. typica, T. virgulina, T. vurguni, T. weberi, T. zagaliensis

Species lacking formal opinion data

T. choffati, T. kiliani, T. major, T. minor, T. mirabilis, T. parallelum, T. prima, T. rariseptata, T. rothpletzi, T. sandbergeri, T. slatteri, T. wrighti, T. zolleriana

Synonyms

Montlivaltoides was named by He and Xiao (1990).

It was synonymized subjectively with Thecosmilia by Kiessling (2014).

It was assigned to Montlivaltiidae by Kiessling (2008).
Thecosmiliopsis was named by Lebanidze (1991).

It was synonymized subjectively with Thecosmilia by Kiessling (2014).

It was assigned to Montlivaltiidae by Lebanidze (1991).
Lepidophylliopsis was named by Beauvais and Stump (1976) [Sepkoski's age data: J Oxfo , J Kimm Sepkoski's reference number: 826]. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Thecosmilia by Baron-Szabo (2009).

It was assigned to Stylophyllidae by Beauvais and Stump (1976); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1848	Thecosmilia Milne-Edwards and Haime
1976	Lepidophylliopsis Beauvais and Stump
1976	Thecosmilia Roniewicz
1990	Montlivaltoides He and Xiao
1991	Thecosmiliopsis Lebanidze
2002	Lepidophylliopsis Sepkoski
2002	Thecosmilia Sepkoski
2008	Montlivaltoides Kiessling
2021	Thecosmilia Vasseur and Lathuilière p. 1193

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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	Thecosmiliidae	(Duncan 1884)
genus	Thecosmilia	Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848

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. †Thecosmilia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848

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†Thecosmilia acaulis Koby 1884

†Thecosmilia annularis Fleming 1828

†Thecosmilia bassanii Prever 1909

†Thecosmilia bruntrutana Etallon and Thurmann 1864

†Thecosmilia buonamici Stoppani 1865

†Thecosmilia buvignieri Michelin 1843

†Thecosmilia cartieri Koby 1884

†Thecosmilia claudiensis Étallon 1859

†Thecosmilia complanata Qi and Stanley 1989

†Thecosmilia connecta Étallon 1859

†Thecosmilia cornolensis Koby 1884

†Thecosmilia costata de Fromentel 1861

†Thecosmilia crassa d'Orbigny 1850

†Thecosmilia cumanensis Wells 1944

†Thecosmilia cylindrica Phillips 1829

†Thecosmilia delaunayi Koby 1906

†Thecosmilia densa Fromentel 1870

Invalid names: Thecosmilia tobleri Koby 1895 [synonym]

†Thecosmilia dichotoma Koby 1884

Invalid names: Thecosmilia pinguis Eliasova 1976 [synonym]

†Thecosmilia elegans Lebanidze 1991

†Thecosmilia elongata de Fromentel 1861

†Thecosmilia eudenticulata Wu 1977

†Thecosmilia furcata Koby 1884

†Thecosmilia grandis Koby 1884

†Thecosmilia gregaria M'Coy 1851

Invalid names: Coenotheca zolleriana Quenstedt 1881 [synonym]

†Thecosmilia gresslyi Koby 1884

†Thecosmilia guerreroensis Filkorn and Pantoja-Alor 2009

†Thecosmilia hideshimaensis Eguchi 1951

†Thecosmilia hoernesii Laube 1865

†Thecosmilia irregularis Laube 1865

†Thecosmilia jaccardi Koby 1884

†Thecosmilia laevis Étallon 1859

†Thecosmilia lancisii Stoppani 1865

†Thecosmilia langi Koby 1884

†Thecosmilia longimana Quenstedt 1881

Invalid names: Lithodendron cylindratum Quenstedt 1881 [synonym]

†Thecosmilia magna Etallon and Thurmann 1864

†Thecosmilia martini Fromentel 1860

†Thecosmilia maxima Koby 1884

†Thecosmilia minuta Koby 1884

†Thecosmilia moraviensis Ogilvie 1897

†Thecosmilia multigranulata Melnikova 1967

†Thecosmilia neglecta Laube 1865

†Thecosmilia ngariensis He and Xiao 1990

†Thecosmilia norica Ogilvie Gordon 1927

†Thecosmilia oaxaquensis Reyeros de Castillo 1983

†Thecosmilia obtusa D'Orbigny 1849

†Thecosmilia omboni Stoppani 1865

†Thecosmilia palmata Étallon 1859

†Thecosmilia panasqueirensis Koby 1904

†Thecosmilia plicata Koby 1884

†Thecosmilia qingyanensis Qi and Stanley 1989

†Thecosmilia ramosa d'Orbigny 1850

†Thecosmilia rofanica Frech 1890

†Thecosmilia rutogensis Liao 1982

†Thecosmilia schardti Koby 1884

†Thecosmilia seminuda d'Orbigny 1850

†Thecosmilia socia de Fromentel 1861

†Thecosmilia somaensis Eguchi 1951

†Thecosmilia subcylindrica d'Orbigny 1850

†Thecosmilia sublevis Etallon and Thurmann 1864

†Thecosmilia tibetana Liao 1982

†Thecosmilia trichotoma Goldfuss 1826

†Thecosmilia trilobata Milne Edwards and Haime 1848

†Thecosmilia turbina Michelin 1843

†Thecosmilia turbinata Michelin 1843

†Thecosmilia typica He and Xiao 1990

†Thecosmilia virgulina Etallon and Thurmann 1864

†Thecosmilia vurguni Babaev 1964

†Thecosmilia weberi Vinassa de Regny 1915

†Thecosmilia zagaliensis Babaev 1964

Invalid names: Lepidophylliopsis Beauvais and Stump 1976 [synonym], Montlivaltoides He and Xiao 1990 [synonym], Thecosmiliopsis Lebanidze 1991 [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 Ladinian to the top of the Lutetian or 241.46400 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (283 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Oldest occurrences
Illyrian - Fassanian	243.33 - 239.48	Italy (South Tyrol)	T. norica (205128)
Ladinian	241.464 - 237.0	Italy	T. rothpletzi (202001 202041)
Ladinian - Carnian	241.464 - 227.3	Italy	T. sp. (182585 182586)
Julian	237.0 - 233.6	Italy	T. sp. (202422)
Carnian	237.0 - 227.3	Italy	T. sp. (170920)
Carnian	237.0 - 227.3	Italy (South Tyrol)	T. rothpletzi, T. rariseptata (205157) T. sp. (205149)
Late/Upper Triassic	237.0 - 201.4	Indonesia (West Sumatra)	T. sp. (204434)
Tuvalian	233.6 - 227.3	Vietnam	T. sp. (44770)
Lacian	227.3 - 215.38	USA (Oregon)	T. sp. (85525)
Norian	227.3 - 205.7	Bosnia and Herzegovina	T. sp. (206615)
Youngest occurrences
Time interval	Ma	Country or state	PBDB collection number
Early/Lower Albian	113.2 - 110.1	Mexico	Montlivaltoides tolmachoffana (234721)
Albian	113.2 - 100.5	Mexico (Oaxaca)	T. tobleri (79455)
Albian	113.2 - 100.5	Spain	T. dichotoma (56935)
Middle Albian	110.1 - 106.3	Mexico	T. bassanii (21255)
Late/Upper Albian	106.3 - 100.5	Egypt	T. sp. (98327)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian	106.3 - 93.9	Mexico (Guerrero)	T. guerreroensis (89856)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Greece	T. densa (203930)
Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Serbia	T. minor (79220)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	Italy	T. sp. (75454)
Middle Eocene	48.07 - 37.71	Italy	T. sp. (146598)