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Thamnasteriamorpha settsassi

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Tropiastraeidae

Taxonomy
Thamnastraea settsassi was named by Volz (1896). It is not extant. Its type locality is Forcella di Sett Sass, Italy, which is in a Carnian shallow subtidal marl in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Thamnasteria settsassi by Volz (1896); it was recombined as Thamnotropis settsassi by Turnsek and Senowbari-Daryan (1994); it was recombined as Thamnasteriamorpha settsassi by Kiessling (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Thamnasteria settsassi Volz
1994Thamnotropis settsassi Turnsek and Senowbari-Daryan
2014Thamnasteriamorpha settsassi Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyTropiastraeidaeCuif 1977
genusThamnasteriamorphaMelnikova 1971
speciessettsassi(Volz 1896)

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.

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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: Julian or 235.00000 to 232.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Italy Thamnastraea settsassi (type locality: 38161)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Thamnastraea settsassi (34691)