Scleractinia taxon details

Thamnocoenia oolitica Tomes, 1885 †

Holotype of Thamnocoenia oolitica type species of the genus
Holotype of Thamnocoenia oolitica type species of the genus

1583021  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1583021)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Vacatina (Suborder)
  8. Meandriidae (Family)
  9. Thamnocoenia † (Genus)
  10. Thamnocoenia oolitica † (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Tomes RF. (1885). On some new or imperfectly known Madreporaria from the Great Oolite of the counties of Oxford, Gloucester and Somerset. <em>Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 41: 170-190., available online at https://doi.org/10.1144/gsl.jgs.1885.041.01-04.24 [details] 
Holotype  NHMUK R 8489, verbatimGeounit Bathonian...  
Holotype NHMUK R 8489, verbatimGeounit Bathonian (Middle Ju... [details]
, Note Bathonian (Middle Jurassic) of Comb-Down (near...  
Type locality Bathonian (Middle Jurassic) of Comb-Down (near Bath Great Britain) [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Thamnocoenia oolitica Tomes, 1885 †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1583021 on 2026-06-18
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original description Tomes RF. (1885). On some new or imperfectly known Madreporaria from the Great Oolite of the counties of Oxford, Gloucester and Somerset. <em>Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 41: 170-190., available online at https://doi.org/10.1144/gsl.jgs.1885.041.01-04.24 [details] 

basis of record Cairns, S.D., R. Baron-Szabo, A.F. Budd, B. Lathuilière, E. Roniewicz, J. Stolarski & K.G. Johnson. (2010). Corallosphere. , available online at http://www.corallosphere.org [details] 

additional source Beauvais L. (1970). Sur quelques genres nouveaux ou peu connus de Madréporaires jurassiques. <em>Eclogae geologicae Helvetiae.</em> 63 (3): 1109-1131, pls. 1-4. [details] 
Holotype NHMUK R 8489, verbatimGeounit Bathonian (Middle Ju... [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Bathonian (Middle Jurassic) of Comb-Down (near Bath Great Britain) [details]
From editor or global species database

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