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Thamnarea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinacididae

Taxonomy
Thamnarea was named by Etallon (1864) [Sometimes written as Thamnaraea]. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Dendraraea by Wells (1956).

It was assigned to Actinacididae by Baron-Szabo (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Thamnarea Etallon
2003Thamnarea Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyPoriticaeGray 1842
familyActinacididaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusThamnareaEtallon 1864

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. †Thamnarea Etallon 1864
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†Thamnarea hornosensis Filkorn and Pantoja-Alor 2009
†Thamnarea lithodes Felix 1903
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-04 11:28:52
Modified: 2008-02-04 13:28:52
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Tithonian to the top of the Campanian or 152.10000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Bulgaria (Pernik) T. sp. (87062 87064)
Tithonian - Berriasian152.1 - 139.8Bulgaria (Pernik) T. sp. (87066)
Berriasian - Valanginian145.0 - 132.9Bulgaria T. sp. (151494)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Bulgaria (Pernik) T. sp. (87071 87075 87077 87080 87085)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian129.4 - 122.46Serbia and Montenegro Thamnaraea sp. (74795) T. sp. (74793)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Switzerland T. cancellata (76998)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Mexico (Michoacan) T. hornosensis (89847)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Spain Thamnaraea sp. (23537)
Late/Upper Turonian - Coniacian93.5 - 86.3Austria T. lithodes (27296)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Austria T. cladophora (24265)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Spain T. lithodes (67084)