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Thysanus

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae

Taxonomy
Thysanus was named by Duncan (1863) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-u T Plio-u]. Its type is Thysanus excentricus.

It was assigned to Faviinae by Wells (1956); to Faviidae by Johnson (1998); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Thysanus Duncan p. 430
1956Thysanus Wells p. F403
1998Thysanus Johnson
2002Thysanus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyFaviidaeGregory 1900
genusThysanus

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. †Thysanus Duncan 1863
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†Thysanus corbicula Duncan 1863
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Invalid names: Thysanus floridanus Weisbord 1974 [synonym]
†Thysanus excentricus Duncan 1863
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Invalid names: Thysanus hayesi Vaughan 1919 [synonym]
†Thysanus navicula Duncan 1864
†Thysanus tenuicostatum Kuzmicheva 1975
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: microcarnivoref
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2009-10-10 08:25:59
Modified: 2009-12-16 11:54:53
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 37.20000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (37 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Ukraine (Dnipropetrovska Oblast) T. tenuicostatum (86682)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Colombia T. excentricus (73800)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic T. corbicula (93686)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Dominican Republic T. excentricus (93851)
Late/Upper Miocene - Zanclean11.608 - 3.6Dominican Republic T. corbicula (84999)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic T. excentricus, T. navicula (84956 84966) T. navicula (84974 84984 84989 93654)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama T. corbicula (120356 120394) T. navicula (120358 120360)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic T. navicula (84988)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic T. excentricus (93852)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica T. sp. (71374 71384 71394 71395 71396 71397 71409)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Jamaica T. excentricus (34539) T. excentricus, T. corbicula, T. navicula (34540)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) T. excentricus, T. corbicula (79958)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Cuba T. excentricus (71132) T. hayesi (71135)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Bahamas T. excentricus (73661)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781USA (Florida) T. floridanus (79804 85449)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Costa Rica T. sp. (71411 71412)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama T. navicula (120275)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Costa Rica T. sp. (71773 73624)