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Columnariina ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | suborder (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Stauriida : Columnariina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 175 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 461 - 453 Ma Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 260 - 254 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | D. Hill. 1956. Rugosa. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology F:233-323 |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Acervulariidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 48 | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Columnariidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 76 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 299 Ma Carboniferous | |
Disphyllidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 897 | 443 Ma Silurian | 365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Lonsdaleiidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 16 | 347 Ma Carboniferous | 260 Ma Permian | |
Phillipsastreidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 696 | 419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1876 | Columnariina Rominger |
1956 | Columnariina Hill |
1981 | Columnariina Hill |
References
Hill D. (1956) Rugosa, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology F, 233-323 |
Hill D. (1981) Rugosa and Tabulata, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology 1 F |
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!