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Thamnasteria ✝
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Thamnasteriidae : Thamnasteria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 62 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 247 - 242 Ma Triassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Scleractinia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Thamnasteriidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | photosymbiotic, suspension feeder (based on Thamnasteriidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reproduction | asexual (based on Thamnasteriidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Thamnasteriidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1823 | Thamnasteria LeSauvage |
1832 | Thamnastraea Lesauvage |
1849 | Centrastrea d'Orbigny |
1849 | Dactylocoenia d'Orbigny |
1969 | Thamnasteria Fischer |
1976 | Thamnasteria Roniewicz |
2002 | Dactylocoenia Sepkoski, Jr. |
2002 | Thamnasteria Sepkoski, Jr. |
2002 | Thamnastraea Sepkoski, Jr. |
2013 | Thamnasteria Roniewicz and Stanley p. 960 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!