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Thecostegitidae

Anthozoa - Auloporida - Thecostegitidae

Taxonomy
Thecostegitidae was named by Fromentel (1861). It is not extant. Its type is Thecostegites.

It was assigned to Syringoporicae by Hill (1981); and to Auloporida by Murray (1985).

Subtaxa
Duncanopora, Groessensia, Neoroemeria, Ortholites, Tetraporella, Thecostegites (type genus), Verolites
Entered
by W. Kiessling on 2006-10-12; modified by A. Girndt on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Thecostegitidae Fromentel
1981Thecostegitidae Hill
1985Thecostegitidae Murray p. 36

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
RankNameAuthor
orderAuloporidaSokolov 1947
superfamilySyringoporoidea(Fromentel 1861)
familyThecostegitidaeFromentel 1861
familyThecostegitidaeFromentel 1861

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.

Fm. †Thecostegitidae Fromentel 1861
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G. †Duncanopora Sando 1975
G. †Groessensia Termier and Termier 1975
G. †Neoroemeria Radugin 1938
G. †Ortholites Chudinova 1975
G. †Thecostegites Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
G. †Verolites Chudinova 1975
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubc
Grouping: colonialsubc
Environment: marinesubc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindsubc
Created: 2009-10-08 12:14:27
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:27
Source: o = order, subc = subclass
References: Hill 1981, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Ashgill to the top of the Asselian or 449.50000 to 293.52000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1Russian Federation (Chukotka) Tetraporella monticuliporoides (80675)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1China (Shaanxi) Tetraporella maxima (80678)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1Russian Federation (Yakutiya) Tetraporella sp. (79440 79441 79443)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7USA (Alaska) Thecostegites sp. (100895)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.62 - 410.62Vietnam Thecostegites minutus (83318)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Vietnam Thecostegites tchernyshevi, Thecostegites minutus (83248)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Australia (Tasmania) Thecostegites ejuncidus (7197)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47China (Guangxi) Thecostegites sp. (4810)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Afghanistan (Ghazni) Thecostegites sp. (75000)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Russian Federation (Kemerovskaya Oblast) Thecostegites compactus (84386)
Givetian - Frasnian387.95 - 372.15Afghanistan (Vardak) Thecostegites bouchardi (84650)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0France Thecostegites bouchardi (38690)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15USA (Alaska) Thecostegites sp. (101492)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15France Thecostegites bouchardi (38688 38689 38691)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Belgium (Namur) Thecostegites sp. (76637)
Chesterian - Arnsbergian335.4 - 323.6USA (Wyoming) Duncanopora duncanae (5739 5740)
Chesterian335.4 - 323.4USA (Wyoming) Duncanopora sp. (583)
Gzhelian - Asselian303.7 - 293.52Norway (Svalbard) Neoroemeria permica (61472)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Norway (Svalbard) Neoroemeria spitsbergensis (61474 61479)