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Thamnasteria dendroidea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae

Taxonomy
Astrea dendroidea was named by Lamouroux (1821). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Thamnasteria dendroidea by Geyer (1955).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. delicata, T. lamourouxii, T. nikoletti, T. piparensis, T. silesica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1821Astrea dendroidea Lamouroux
1955Thamnasteria dendroidea Geyer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyThamnasteriidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusThamnasteriaLeSauvage 1823
speciesdendroidea(Lamouroux 1821)

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 dendroidea Lamouroux 1821
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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 Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Late/Upper Tithonian or 161.20000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3France (Bourgogne) Thamnasteria dendroidea (93157)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3France (Lorraine) Thamnasteria dendroidea (93188)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Switzerland Thamnasteria dendroidea (93151)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Germany (Niedersachsen) Thamnasteria dendroidea (94658)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Germany Thamnasteria dendroidea (21257)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Poland Thamnasteria dendroidea (68371)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Germany Thamnasteria dendroidea (31433 31436)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Thamnasteria dendroidea (11084 11085 35308 35309)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.2 - 150.8France (Normandy) Thamnasteria dendroidea (23539)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Colombia Thamnasteria dendroidea (34736)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France Thamnasteria dendroidea (68510)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Czech Republic Thamnasteria dendroidea (36533)