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Thecosmilia langi

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Taxonomy
Thecosmilia langi was named by Koby (1884).

It was recombined as Latiphyllia langi by Beauvais (1988).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. choffati

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Thecosmilia langi Koby
1988Latiphyllia langi Beauvais
2007Thecosmilia langi Pandey et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMontlivaltiidaeDietrich 1926
genusThecosmiliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
specieslangiKoby 1884

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 langi Koby 1884
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-05 11:59:19
Modified: 2008-02-05 13:59:19
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Aalenian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 175.60000 to 109.00000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aalenian175.6 - 171.6Myanmar Latiphyllia langi (79543)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4Iran Thecosmilia langi (73966)
Late/Upper Bajocian - Middle Bathonian171.6 - 164.7Iran (Tabas Area) Thecosmilia langi (41408)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Switzerland Thecosmilia langi (93098 93154)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3France (Centre) Thecosmilia langi (93124)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom Latiphyllia langi (35300)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Romania Thecosmilia langi (35191 35199)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal (Centro) Thecosmilia langi (68220)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Spain Thecosmilia langi (34624)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Czech Republic Thecosmilia langi (36533)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0Iran (Razavi-Chorasan) Thecosmilia langi (83393)