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Thecostegites

Anthozoa - Auloporida - Thecostegitidae

Taxonomy
Thecostegites was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1849) [Sepkoski's age data: D Gedi C Tour]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Thecostegitidae.

It was assigned to Thecostegitidae by Murray (1985); and to Tabulata by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Thecostegites Milne-Edwards and Haime
1985Thecostegites Murray p. 36
2002Thecostegites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
RankNameAuthor
orderAuloporidaSokolov 1947
superfamilySyringoporoidea(Fromentel 1861)
familyThecostegitidaeFromentel 1861
genusThecostegitesMilne-Edwards and Haime 1849

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. †Thecostegites Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available