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Thecosmilia magna

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Taxonomy
Thecosmilia magna was named by Etallon (1864). It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Thecosmilia magna Etallon

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMontlivaltiidaeDietrich 1926
genusThecosmiliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesmagnaEtallon 1864

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.

Thecosmilia magna Etallon 1864
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-05 11:59:19
Modified: 2008-02-05 13:59:19
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Bajocian to the top of the Late/Upper Tithonian or 171.60000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4Iran Thecosmilia magna (73966)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Tanzania Thecosmilia magna (85938)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Switzerland Thecosmilia magna (93094)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3France (Bourgogne) Thecosmilia magna (93114)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom Thecosmilia magna (35300)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.2 - 152.1Russian Federation Thecosmilia magna (90020)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0Croatia (Primorsko-Goranska) Thecosmilia magna (85809)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Czech Republic Thecosmilia magna (36533 36539)