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Columnocoenia ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Placocoeniidae : Columnocoenia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Columnocoenia Alloiteau, 1952 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 170 - 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 66.0 - 61.6 Ma Paleocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | 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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| Astrea lifoliana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Columnocoenia ablensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Columnocoenia aokii ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Columnocoenia aragonensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Columnocoenia arnaudi ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Columnocoenia bucovinensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Columnocoenia gemmans ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | 161 Ma Jurassic | |
| Columnocoenia grandiflora ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Columnocoenia katzi ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Columnocoenia ksiazkiewiczi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 31 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Columnocoenia lamberti ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Columnocoenia lifolensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Columnocoenia miniflora ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 156 Ma Jurassic | 156 Ma Jurassic | |
| Columnocoenia minima ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 170 Ma Middle Jurassic | 129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Columnocoenia nipponica ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Columnocoenia safarratensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 161 Ma Jurassic | 161 Ma Jurassic | |
| Columnocoenia sulcata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Montastrea aokii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Montastrea nipponica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Placocoeniopsis arnaudi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Placocoeniopsis katzi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Stephanocoenia aragonensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Stylina ablensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Stylina gemmans species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Stylina grandiflora species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Stylina sulcata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1952 | Columnocoenia Alloiteau |
| 1989 | Columnocoenia El-Asa'ad |
| 2002 | Columnocoenia Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2004 | Columnocaenia Mermighis and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni p. 340 |
| 2006 | Columnocoenia Baron-Szabo p. 49 |
| 2008 | Columnocoenia 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!
