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Thecactinastraea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oppelismiliidae

Taxonomy
Thecactinastraea was named by Beauvais (1986) [Sepkoski's age data: J l Sepkoski's reference number: 919].

It was assigned to Actinastraeidae by Beauvais (1986); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Oppelismiliidae by Roniewicz (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Thecactinastraea Beauvais
2002Thecactinastraea Sepkoski
2009Thecactinastraea Roniewicz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderStylophyllinaBeauvais 1981
familyOppelismiliidae
genusThecactinastraea

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. †Thecactinastraea Beauvais 1986
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Thecactinastraea krimensis Turnsek and Kosir 2000
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:46
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Sinemurian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliensbachian or 199.30000 to 183.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Morocco T. fasciculata (33583)
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8Afghanistan T. fasciculata (214315)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Tajikistan (Gorno-Badakhshan) T. fasciculata (234057 234061)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Slovenia T. krimensis (87253) T. krimensis, T. fasciculata (87254)