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Thamnasteriamorpha megaxis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Tropiastraeidae

Taxonomy
Thamnotropis megaxis was named by Deng and Zhang (1984). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Thamnasteriamorpha megaxis by Kiessling (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Thamnotropis megaxis Deng and Zhang
2008Thamnasteriamorpha megaxis Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyTropiastraeidaeCuif 1977
genusThamnasteriamorphaMelnikova 1971
speciesmegaxis()

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.

Thamnasteriamorpha megaxis Deng and Zhang 1984
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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: Late/Upper Triassic or 237.00000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4China Thamnotropis megaxis (161881)