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Gyrodendron proliferum

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Calamophylliidae

Taxonomy
Thamnastraea prolifera was named by Becker (1875).

It was recombined as Gyrodendron proliferum by Geyer (1954); it was recombined as Thamnasteria prolifera by Bendukidze (1982).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Thamnastraea prolifera Becker
1954Gyrodendron proliferum Geyer
1982Thamnasteria prolifera Bendukidze

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyAgariciicaeGray 1847
familyCalamophylliidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusGyrodendronQuenstedt 1880
speciesproliferum(Becker 1875)

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.

Gyrodendron proliferum Becker 1875
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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 Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 161.20000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.2 - 152.1Georgia (South Ossetia) Thamnasteria prolifera (90002)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Gyrodendron proliferum (23904 34398)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Gyrodendron proliferum (23902)