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Theciidae

Anthozoa - Favositida - Theciidae

Taxonomy
Theciidae was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1849).

It was assigned to Favositina by Klaamann (1964); and to Sarcinulida by Murray (1985).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Theciidae Milne-Edwards and Haime
1964Theciidae Klaamann
1985Theciidae Murray

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
RankNameAuthor
orderFavositidaWedekind 1937
suborderFavositinaWedekind 1937
familyTheciidaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1849
familyTheciidaeMilne-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.

Fm. †Theciidae Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
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G. †Corrugopora Stearn 1956
G. †Erlangbapora Lin 1975
G. †Fossopora Etheridge 1903
G. †Fossoporella Leleshus 1965
G. †Kiaerites Stasinska 1967
G. †Laceripora Eichwald 1854
G. †Palaeocorolites Leleshus 1965
G. †Paracorrugopora Deng 1987
G. †Romingerella Amsden 1949
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Romingerella estonica Sokolov 1955
Romingerella major Rominger 1876
G. †Thecia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
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Subg. †Thecia (Angopora) Jones 1936
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Angopora dubia Yanet 1971
Angopora hisingeri Jones 1936
Angopora tenuicula Klaamann 1961
Angopora vera Yanet 1971
Thecia confluens Eichwald 1854
Thecia ramosa Rominger 1876
Thecia saaremica Klaamann 1961
Thecia swinderniana Goldfuss 1829
G. †Thecipora Leleshus 1965
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 Silurian to the top of the Emsian or 443.80000 to 393.30000 Ma

Collections (85 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7China (Henan) Paracorrugopora shiyanheensis (36575)
Gamachian449.5 - 443.7Canada (Manitoba) Angopora manitobensis (26358 26361 26363)
Silurian443.8 - 419.2USA (Kentucky) Thecia minor, Romingerella major (5676)
Rhuddanian - Aeronian443.4 - 438.5Russian Federation (Siberia) Thecipora ornata (206541 206542)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4Canada (Quebec) Thecia swinderniana (12444 12445)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4Russian Federation (Yakutiya) Angopora sp. (79513)
Llandovery - Wenlock443.4 - 427.4China (Xinjiang) Angopora sp. (27816)
Telychian - Sheinwoodian438.5 - 430.5Sweden (Gotland) Thecia hisingeri (13674)
Telychian - Wenlock438.5 - 427.4Canada (Manitoba) Corrugopora praecursor (26638 26674) Corrugopora rhabdota (26676 26682 26744)
Jaani433.6 - 431.3Estonia (Saare) Angopora tenuicula (175014 175057 175059 175060) Thecia podolica (195595) Thecia sp. (175031) Thecia tenuicula (195596)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Norway Thecia swinderenana (14300 14320 14321)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Sweden (Gotland) Thecia hisingeri (13675) Thecia hisingeri, Thecia swinderniana (13591) Thecia swinderniana (13592 13594 13597 13598)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Sweden Angopora hisingeri (77411) Angopora sp., Thecia swinderniana (77410)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4China (Xinjiang) Angopora hisingeri (27834)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4United Kingdom (England) Thecia grayana (79881) Thecia sp. (79893)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Russian Federation (Sverdlovskaya) Angopora vera (79026)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Russian Federation Angopora sp. (24014)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Ukraine Thecia minor (23350 23364 23455) Thecia minor, Angopora hisingeri (23453) Thecia podolica (23365 23458)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (California) Romingerella sp. (225994)
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0Canada (Nunavut) Fossopora sp. (111656)
Homerian430.5 - 427.4Sweden (Gotland) Thecia swinderniana (13599 226712)
Homerian430.5 - 427.4Norway Thecia swinderenana (14272 14273 14317)
Homerian430.5 - 427.4Czech Republic Thecia sp. (14097)
Homerian430.5 - 427.4United Kingdom (England) Thecia expatiata, Angopora sp. (23057)
Jaagarahu428.2 - 422.9Estonia (Saare) Thecia confluens (175061 195600) Thecia saaremica (175058 175079) Thecia saaremica, Romingerella estonica (174965)
Jaagarahu428.2 - 422.9Estonia Thecia podolica (13737)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Russian Federation (Sverdlovskaya) Angopora dubia (79027)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Russian Federation Angopora dubia (60286)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Czech Republic Thecia sp. (14104)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Russian Federation Laceripora cribrosa, Thecia swinderniana (23638 23747 24772)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Ukraine Laceripora cribrosa (23478) Thecia confluens (23372) Thecia saaremica (23459)
Ludlow - Pridoli427.4 - 419.2China (Nei Mongol) Angopora sp. (27848)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0USA (Indiana) Thecia sp., Thecia minor, Romingerella major (6706)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Russian Federation Laceripora cribrosa (60287)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Czech Republic Thecia swinderniana (14057)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Estonia Laceripora cribrosa, Thecia swinderniana (79878)
Paadla422.9 - 419.2Estonia (Saare) Thecia swinderniana (195603)
Lochkovian - Emsian419.2 - 393.3Tajikistan (Turkestan) Fossoporella sp., Thecipora multa (76914)
Devonian419.2 - 358.9Australia (Victoria) Fossopora quintaria (10127 10135 10140 10146)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Russian Federation (Sverdlovskaya Oblast) Palaeocorolites effectus (81750)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Vietnam Fossopora yenlacensis (83248 83260)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Tajikistan Fossoporella prima (79093)