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Thamnarea ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Actinacididae : Thamnarea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Thamnarea Etallon, 1864 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | in Thurmann & Etallon, Leth. Bruntrutana, (3) 411 (ex N. Denkschr. Allg. Schweiz. Ges., 20). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 152 - 145 Ma Late Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 83.6 - 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Scleractinia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Actinacididae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | photosymbiotic, suspension feeder (based on Actinacididae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reproduction | alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Scleractinia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. C. Baron-Szabo. 2003. Late Aptian-early Albian corals from the Mural Limestone of the Bisbee Group (Tuape and Cerro de Oro areas), Sonora, Mexico. Cretaceous Stratigraphy and Paleoecology, Texas and Mexico: Perkins Memorial Volume. Gulf Coast Section Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists Foundation, Special Publications in Geology 1:187-225 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Thamnarea digitalis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Thamnarea globosa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Thamnarea hornosensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Thamnarea lithodes ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Thamnaraea Etallon, 1864 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Actinacididae : Thamnaraea |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1864 | Thamnarea Etallon |
2003 | Thamnarea Baron-Szabo |
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!