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Columnaria ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Stauriida : Columnariidae : Columnaria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 461 - 453 Ma Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 299 - 272 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Rugosa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Rugosa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Rugosa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Columnaria alveolata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 19 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
Columnaria calicina ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
Columnaria kuallomatensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Columnaria parva ✝ species | listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1826 | Columnaria Goldfuss |
1956 | Columnaria Hill |
1981 | Columnaria Hill |
2002 | Columnaria Sepkoski, Jr. |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!