Thamnasteria is a genus of extinct stony corals.

Thamnasteria
Temporal range: TriassicEocene
247.2–33.9 Ma
From Rhaetian of Italy
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Thamnasteriidae
Genus: Thamnasteria
LeSauvage 1823 [1]
Species

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Synonyms
  • Centrastrea d'Orbigny 1849
  • Dactylocoenia d'Orbigny 1849
  • Thamnastraea Lesauvage 1832

Species

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The following species of Thamnasteria have been described:[2]

  • T. abukumaensis
  • T. andranomarivensis
  • T. aspera
  • T. bevoayensis
  • T. bonanomii
  • T. communis
  • T. concinna
  • T. concinnaformis
  • T. coquandi
  • T. cotteaui
  • T. defrancei
  • T. dendroidea
  • T. dumonti
  • T. felixi
  • T. globosa
  • T. gracilis
  • T. heterogenea
  • T. hoffmeisteri
  • T. huzimotoi
  • T. imlayi
  • T. iranensis
  • T. jaccardi
  • T. japonica
  • T. jezoensis
  • T. kobyi
  • T. latistellata
  • T. leptopetala
  • T. lobata
  • T. loryi
  • T. lyelli
  • T. maeandra
  • T. mammosa
  • T. matsushitai
  • T. mettensis
  • T. microconos
  • T. miyakoensis
  • T. moreana
  • T. naumanni
  • T. nicoleti
  • T. ogawaensis
  • T. patina
  • T. pseudopaliformis
  • T. racemosa
  • T. rhaetica
  • T. rumignyensis
  • T. scita
  • T. seriata
  • T. settsassi
  • T. sinuata
  • T. sinuosa
  • T. smithi
  • T. tenuissima
  • T. terquemi
  • T. tokushimaensis
  • T. tonantzinae
  • T. torinosuensis
  • T. yuraensis

Fossil records

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This genus is known in the fossil record from the Triassic to the Eocene (from about 247.2 to 33.9 million years ago). Fossils of species within this genus have been found in Europe, United States, Canada, China, Japan, Pakistan, Colombia (Coquina Group, La Guajira), India, Thailand, Indonesia, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Madagascar, Russia, Ukraine, Mexico and Peru.[2] M. LeSauvage, the author of the genus was a physician in Caen. He wrote numerous papers on medical subjects but his other interest was in palaeontology and especially the fossils of Calcaires de Caen the type locality of the genus Thamnasteria.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Lesauvage, M. 1823. Mémoire sur un nouveau genre de Polypier fossile. Mémoires de la Société d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris, 1(2): 241–244.
  2. ^ a b Paleobiology Database