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Thecosmilia longimana

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)138096https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=138096
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Montlivaltiidae : Thecosmilia : Thecosmilia longimana
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassZoanthariade Blainville 1830
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMontlivaltiidaeDietrich 1926
genusThecosmiliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesThecosmilia longimana(Quenstedt 1881)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Thecosmilia longimanaspeciesbelongs to Lithodendronstated with evidenceQuenstedt, 1881
Thecosmilia longimanaspeciesbelongs to Thecosmiliastated with evidenceGeyer, 1955
Thecosmilia longimanaspeciesbelongs to Lepidophylliopsisstated with evidenceBeauvais and Stump, 1976
Thecosmilia longimanaspeciesbelongs to Thecosmiliastated with evidenceBaron-Szabo, 2009
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance161 - 156 Ma
Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance122 - 109 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Environmentmarine (based on Scleractinia)
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Faviina)
Visionblind (based on Anthozoa)
Dietphotosymbiotic, suspension feeder (based on Montlivaltiidae)
Reproductionalternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Faviina)
Primary Reference (PBDB)L. Beauvais and T. E. Stump. 1976. Corals, molluscs, and paleogeography of Late Jurassic strata of the Cerro Pozo Serna, Mexico. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 19:275-301

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1881Lithodendron longimanum Quenstedt
1955Thecosmilia longimana Geyer
1976Lepidophylliopsis longimana Beauvais and Stump
2009Thecosmilia longimana Baron-Szabo

References

Beauvais L., Stump T. E. (1976) Corals, molluscs, and paleogeography of Late Jurassic strata of the Cerro Pozo Serna, Mexico, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 19, 275-301
Geyer O. F. (1955) Beiträge zur Korallenfauna des Stramberger Tithon, Paläontologische Zeitschrift 29 3-4, 177-216
Baron-Szabo R. (2009) Taxonomic opinions on Cretaceous corals
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!
 
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