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Langenheimia thomasi

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Kleopatrinidae

Taxonomy
Stikineastraea thomasi was named by Stevens and Rycerski (1989). Its type specimen is GSC 85284 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 43287 (SE-157d-59), Telegraph Creek, Stikine, which is in a Sakmarian shallow subtidal limestone in Canada. It is the type species of Stikineastraea.

It was recombined as Langenheimia thomasi by Fedorowski et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Stikineastraea thomasi Stevens and Rycerski p. 173 figs. 11.1-11.3,11.5,12.9
2007Langenheimia thomasi Fedorowski et al. p. 142 figs. Pl 14, fig 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
familyKleopatrinidae
genusLangenheimia
speciesthomasi()

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.

Langenheimia thomasi Stevens and Rycerski 1989
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:55:09
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:57
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Sakmarian or 295.50000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian295.5 - 290.1Canada (British Columbia) Langenheimia thomasi (107897) Stikineastraea thomasi (75823 type locality: 75826)