Thamnasteria

Thamnasteria; Temporal range: Triassic – Eocene; 247.2–33.9 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	From Rhaetian of Italy
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Hexacorallia
Order:	Scleractinia
Family:	†Thamnasteriidae
Genus:	†Thamnasteria; LeSauvage 1823
Species
	See text
Synonyms
	†Centrastrea d'Orbigny 1849; †Dactylocoenia d'Orbigny 1849; †Thamnastraea Lesauvage 1832;

Thamnasteria is a genus of extinct stony corals.

Species

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

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.

References

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

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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.

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Species

Fossil records

See also

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