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Columastreidae ✝
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| Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Columastreidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 172 - 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 7.25 - 5.33 Ma Miocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Scleractinia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Faviina) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | photosymbiotic, suspension feeder (based on Faviina) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reproduction | alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Faviina) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. Baron-Szabo. 2006. Corals of the K/T-boundary: scleractinian corals of the suborders Astrocoeniina, Faviina, Rhipidogyrina and Amphiastraeina. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 4(1):1-108 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Columastrea ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 34 | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | |
| Eocolumastrea ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 11 | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Haimesastrea ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Haimesiastraea ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 32 | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 47.8 Ma Eocene | |
| Palaeoplesiastraea ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 32 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 7.25 Ma Miocene | |
| Stephanaxophyllia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1952 | Columastraeidae Alloiteau |
| 1999 | Columastraeidae Baron-Szabo and González-León p. 472 |
| 2005 | Columastraeidae Kiessling et al. p. 239 |
| 2006 | Columastreidae Baron-Szabo |
| 2009 | Columastreidae Kiessling |
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!
