Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pachyphylliidae
Alternative combination: Columnocaenia ksiazkiewiczi
Full reference: E. Morycowa. 1964. Hexacoralla des Couches de Grodziszcze (Neocomien, Carpathes) [Hexacorals from the Grodziszcze Beds (Neocomian, Carpathians)]. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 9(1):3-114
Belongs to Columnocoenia according to R. Baron-Szabo 2009
See also Kiessling 2008, Löser and Saldana Villodre 2008 and Morycowa and Decrouez 2006
Sister taxa: Columnocoenia ablensis, Columnocoenia aokii, Columnocoenia aragonensis, Columnocoenia arnaudi, Columnocoenia bucovinensis, Columnocoenia falkenbergensis, Columnocoenia gemmans, Columnocoenia grandiflora, Columnocoenia katzi, Columnocoenia lamberti, Columnocoenia lifolensis, Columnocoenia miniflora, Columnocoenia minima, Columnocoenia nipponica, Columnocoenia safarratensis, Columnocoenia sulcata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Jastrzebia, Grodziszcze Beds, Carpathians, which is in a Barremian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks/conglomerate in the Grodziszcze Formation of Poland
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (1 collection), Azerbaijan (1), Chile (1), France (1), Germany (3), Greece (4), Hungary (2), Iran (1), Mexico (3), Poland (4), Romania (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Spain (4), Switzerland (1), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (1)
Total: 30 collections including 31 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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