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Thamnopora

Anthozoa - Favositida - Pachyporidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1831Thamnopora Steininger
1985Thamnopora Murray p. 34
1993Thamnopora May p. 78
2002Thamnopora Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderFavositidaWedekind 1937
RankNameAuthor
suborderFavositinaWedekind 1937
superfamilyPachyporoidea(Gerth 1921)
familyPachyporidaeGerth 1921
genusThamnoporaSteininger 1831

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.

G. †Thamnopora Steininger 1831
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Thamnopora compacta Tchudinova 1959
Thamnopora densa Wu 1975
Thamnopora germanica Birenheide 1985
Thamnopora immensa Hill 1937
Thamnopora insculpta Hill 1942
Thamnopora magniventra Stumm 1961
Thamnopora marmionensis Etheridge Jr. 1915
Thamnopora reticulata Blainville 1830
Thamnopora yavorskyi Dubatolov 1959
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubc
Locomotion: stationarysubc
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Diet 2: photosymbioticsubc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:11
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:41
Source: subc = subclass, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Hirnantian to the top of the Changhsingian or 445.20000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (540 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4Turkey T. small sp. (185134)
Silurian443.4 - 419.2USA (California) Favosites reticulatus (229257) T. sp. (196171)
Silurian443.4 - 419.2Australia (Victoria) T. boloniensis (10195)
Clinton439.0 - 426.2Canada (British Columbia) T. sp. (5145 5148 5149 5150 5153 5155)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4United Kingdom (England) T. sp. (49638)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Sweden (Gotland) T. lamellicornis (13591 13592)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Sweden T. lamellicornis (77410)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4India T. sp. (36260)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4United Kingdom (England) T. sp. (79893)
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0China (Xinjiang) T. sp. (27767)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Russian Federation (Saratovskaya Oblast) T. sp. (84367)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1USA (Idaho) T. sp. (45302)
Middle Famennian370.6 - 364.7Morocco T. sp. (176212)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) T. cristata (38283)
Sakmarian295.5 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) T. sp., T. insculpta (144704)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Australia (Western Australia) Favosites marmionensis (106707) T. immensa (144698 144699) T. marmionensis (144700 144701 144702 144703)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8New Zealand (Southland) T. sp. (41766)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Australia (Queensland) T. sp. (103393)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Germany T. sp. (10696)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Xizang) T. densa (110539)