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Thamnasteria

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1823Thamnasteria LeSauvage
1832Thamnastraea Lesauvage
1849Centrastrea d'Orbigny
1849Dactylocoenia d'Orbigny
1969Thamnasteria Fischer
1976Thamnasteria Roniewicz
2002Dactylocoenia Sepkoski
2002Thamnasteria Sepkoski
2002Thamnastraea Sepkoski
2005Thamnasteria López-Pérez p. 81
2013Thamnasteria Roniewicz and Stanley p. 960

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyThamnasteriidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusThamnasteriaLeSauvage 1823

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. †Thamnasteria LeSauvage 1823
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Thamnasteria aspera Ogilvie 1897
Thamnasteria bevoayensis Alloiteau 1958
Thamnasteria communis de Fromentel 1861
Thamnasteria concinna Goldfuss 1826
Thamnasteria concinnaformis Bendukidze 1982
Thamnasteria coquandi Etallon 1864
Thamnasteria cotteaui de Fromentel 1857
Thamnasteria defrancei Michelin 1840
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Invalid names: Astrea defranciana Michelin 1840 [synonym], Synastrea defranciana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 [synonym]
Thamnasteria dendroidea Lamouroux 1821
Thamnasteria dumonti Chapuis and Dewalque 1853
Thamnasteria felixi Reyeros-Navarro 1963
Thamnasteria globosa Ogilvie 1897
Thamnasteria gracilis Münster 1826
Thamnasteria heterogenea Becker 1875
Thamnasteria huzimotoi Eguchi 1951
Thamnasteria imlayi Wells 1942
Thamnasteria iranensis Pandey and Fürsich 2003
Thamnasteria jaccardi Koby 1888
Thamnasteria japonica Eguchi 1951
Thamnasteria jezoensis Eguchi 1951
Thamnasteria kobyi Gregory 1900
Thamnasteria lobata Goldfuss 1826
Thamnasteria loryi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
Thamnasteria lyelli Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
Thamnasteria maeandra Koby 1898
Thamnasteria mammosa Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
Thamnasteria matsushitai Eguchi 1965
Thamnasteria mettensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
Thamnasteria microconos Goldfuss 1826
Thamnasteria miyakoensis Eguchi 1951
Thamnasteria moreana d'Orbigny 1850
Thamnasteria naumanni Eguchi 1951
Thamnasteria nicoleti Koby 1887
Thamnasteria ogawaensis Eguchi 1951
Thamnasteria patina Becker 1875
Thamnasteria racemosa Bendukidze 1949
Thamnasteria rhaetica Melnikova 1996
Thamnasteria rumignyensis Fischer 1969
Thamnasteria scita Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
Thamnasteria seriata Becker 1875
Thamnasteria sinuata Nomland 1916
Thamnasteria sinuosa Morycowa 1964
Thamnasteria smithi Squires 1956
Thamnasteria tenuissima Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
Thamnasteria terquemi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
Thamnasteria tonantzinae Filkorn and Pantoja-Alor 2009
Thamnasteria yuraensis Eguchi 1951
Invalid names: Centrastrea d'Orbigny 1849 [synonym], Dactylocoenia d'Orbigny 1849 [synonym], Thamnastraea Lesauvage 1832 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yesf
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-26 10:03:33
Modified: 2008-01-26 12:03:33
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Pelsonian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 247.20000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (405 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0China (Guizhou) T. sp. A, T. sp. B, T. sp. C (81047)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Hungary (Baranya) T. sp. (78645)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Italy (Vicentin) T. silesica (87260)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0USA (Nevada) Thamnastraea sp. (100463)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Italy T. sp. (170920) Thamnastraea ramosa (38166)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Italy (South Tyrol) Thamnastraea sp. (205157)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Thailand T. sp. (34566)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5USA (Oregon) T. sp., T. borealis (100517)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.3Germany Thamnastraea granulata, Thamnastraea alpina, Thamnastraea plana (202142)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Thamnastraea sp. (69670 69671)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) T. hoffmeisteri (123263)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Pakistan T. sp. (146035)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Germany T. belgica, T. tenuissima (74193)
Turonian - Campanian93.9 - 72.1Georgia T. latistellata (91629)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Czech Republic T. tenuissima (35144 35148)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Austria T. favrei (24265 24266)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2Italy Thamnastraea eocaenica (146611) Thamnastraea sp. (146598)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Italy T. eocoenica (75454)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (California) T. sinuata (122295)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Hungary T. leptopetala (123836)