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Thamnasteria dumonti

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae

Taxonomy
Thamnastraea dumonti was named by Chapuis and Dewalque (1853).

It was recombined as Thamnasteria dumonti by Kiessling (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Thamnastraea dumonti Chapuis and Dewalque
2008Thamnasteria dumonti Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyThamnasteriidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusThamnasteriaLeSauvage 1823
speciesdumonti(Chapuis and Dewalque 1853)

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.

Thamnasteria dumonti Chapuis and Dewalque 1853
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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 Early/Lower Bajocian to the top of the Late/Upper Bathonian or 171.60000 to 164.70000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4Germany (Bayern) Thamnasteria dumonti (87043)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Romania (Central Dobrogea) Thamnastraea dumonti (38190)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7United Kingdom (England) Thamnasteria dumonti (38159)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Tunisia Thamnasteria dumonti (36661 36665)