Thamnasteria is a genus of extinct .
Species
The following species of
Thamnasteria have been described:
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T. abukumaensis
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T. andranomarivensis
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T. aspera
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T. bevoayensis
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T. bonanomii
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T. communis
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T. concinna
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T. concinnaformis
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T. coquandi
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T. cotteaui
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T. defrancei
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T. dendroidea
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T. dumonti
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T. felixi
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T. globosa
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T. gracilis
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T. heterogenea
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T. hoffmeisteri
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T. huzimotoi
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T. imlayi
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T. iranensis
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T. jaccardi
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T. japonica
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T. jezoensis
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T. kobyi
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T. latistellata
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T. leptopetala
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T. lobata
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T. loryi
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T. lyelli
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T. maeandra
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T. mammosa
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T. matsushitai
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T. mettensis
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T. microconos
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T. miyakoensis
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T. moreana
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T. naumanni
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T. nicoleti
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T. ogawaensis
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T. patina
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T. pseudopaliformis
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T. racemosa
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T. rhaetica
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T. rumignyensis
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T. scita
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T. seriata
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T. settsassi
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T. sinuata
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T. sinuosa
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T. smithi
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T. tenuissima
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T. terquemi
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T. tokushimaensis
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T. tonantzinae
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T. torinosuensis
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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.[ Paleobiology Database] 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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List of prehistoric hexacorals
