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Thamnasteria
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Octocorallia
Order:
Scleractinia
Suborder:
Astrocoeniina
Family:
Thamnasteriidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Thamnasteria LESAUVAGE, 1823
Type Species:
T. lamourouxi (=Astrea dendroidea LAMARCK, 1821)
Images
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Fig. 263,1. T. (T.) rectilamellosa (Winkler), U.Trias.(Nor.), Gosau, Aus., 1a, X1, 1b, transv. sec., X5 (50).
Synonyms
Thamnastraea. Centrastrea, Dactylastrea, Dactylocoenia, Dendrastrea, Morphastrea, Holocoenia, ?Thamnoseris, Stylomaeandra, Mesomorpha, Astraeofungia
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-Asia-Afr.-N.Am.-S.Am.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Trias.
Beginning International Stage:
Anisian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
246.7
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M. Cret.
Ending International Stage:
Turonian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
89.39
Description
Massive, ramose, or incrusting colonies, Corallite centers closely united by confluent, short, septocostae, Columella styliform, Septa with rows of granulations or discontinuous ridges parallel to margins
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Octocorallia
Order:
Scleractinia
Suborder:
Astrocoeniina
Family:
Thamnasteriidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Thamnasteria LESAUVAGE, 1823
Type Species:
T. lamourouxi (=Astrea dendroidea LAMARCK, 1821)
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 263,1. T. (T.) rectilamellosa (Winkler), U.Trias.(Nor.), Gosau, Aus., 1a, X1, 1b, transv. sec., X5 (50).
Synonyms
Thamnastraea. Centrastrea, Dactylastrea, Dactylocoenia, Dendrastrea, Morphastrea, Holocoenia, ?Thamnoseris, Stylomaeandra, Mesomorpha, Astraeofungia
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-Asia-Afr.-N.Am.-S.Am.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Trias.
Beginning International Stage:
Anisian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
246.7
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M. Cret.
Ending International Stage:
Turonian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
89.39
Description
Massive, ramose, or incrusting colonies, Corallite centers closely united by confluent, short, septocostae, Columella styliform, Septa with rows of granulations or discontinuous ridges parallel to margins