Thamnasteria
| Thamnasteria Temporal range: Triassic – Eocene 247.2–33.9 Ma | |
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| Thamnasteria from Rhaetian of Italy | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Anthozoa |
| Subclass: | Hexacorallia |
| Order: | Scleractinia |
| Family: | Thamnasteriidae |
| Genus: | Thamnasteria LeSauvage 1823 |
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Thamnasteria is an extinct genus of stony corals.
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, India, Thailand, Indonesia, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Madagascar, Russia, Ukraine, Mexico and Peru.[1]
References
- See also List of prehistoric hexacorals
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