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Coenites

Anthozoa - Favositida - Coenitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Coenites Eichwald
1964Coenites Klaamann
1985Coenites Murray p. 34
2002Coenites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderFavositidaWedekind 1937
RankNameAuthor
suborderAlveolitinaSokolov 1950
familyCoenitidaeSardeson 1896
subfamilyCoenitinaeSardeson 1896
genusCoenitesEichwald 1829

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Coenites Eichwald 1829
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Coenites dunginensis Sharkova 1981
Coenites intertextus Eichwald 1829
Coenites juniperinus Eichwald 1829
Coenites sharaobensis Sharkova 1981
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubc
Grouping: colonialsubc
Environment: marinesubc
Locomotion: stationarysubc
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Vision: blindsubc
Created: 2026-03-22 15:03:14
Modified: 2026-03-22 15:03:14
Source: subc = subclass
References: Kiessling 2004, Hill 1981

Age range: base of the Clinton to the top of the Kinderhookian or 440.10000 to 351.90000 Ma

Collections (178 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Canada (Ontario) C. sp. (513)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62USA (Kentucky) C. verticillatus, C. sp. (5676)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62Australia (Victoria) C. gippslandica (10184 10187) C. planifolium, C. gippslandica (10191 10192 10193)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6China C. sp. (164269)
Clinton440.1 - 439.4Canada (British Columbia) C. laminatus (5143 5144 5152) C. laminatus, C. rectilineatus (5147 5149) C. rectilineatus (5150)
Niagaran439.4 - 422.7USA (Ohio) C. sp. (475)
Niagaran439.4 - 422.7USA (Indiana) C. laqueata (22818)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9United Kingdom (England) C. sp. (49638)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9China (Sichuan) C. sp. (23248 23255)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9China (Shaanxi) C. sp. (23250)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Canada (Quebec) C. sp. (25250)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Sweden C. sp. (77410 77534)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Sweden (Gotland) C. repens, C. sp. (13597 13598)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7United Kingdom (England) C. juniperinus (49640)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7India C. sp. (36257 36258)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Russian Federation C. sp. (24777)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (New York) C. sp. (541)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Iowa) C. sp. (25044)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7USA (Ohio) C. sp. (79365)
Jaagarahu431.2 - 428.6Estonia (Saare) C. juniperinus (175061 175074 195600)
Jaagarahu431.2 - 428.6Estonia C. juniperinus (13724)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7Czechia C. sp. (14097)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7Norway C. juniperinus (14272 14273)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7Sweden (Gotland) C. sp. (226712) C. variablis (13599)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7United Kingdom (England) C. sp. (23057 23286 23288)
Homerian - Gorstian430.6 - 425.0Sweden (Gotland) C. repens (13601)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Sweden (Gotland) C. variabilis (13603)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Venezuela C. sp. (25626)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Canada (Nunavut) C. sp. (23082 119860 119861 119862)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Russian Federation (Tyva) C. rackovskii (79084)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Sweden (Gotland) C. repens (13619 13622) C. repens, C. sp. (13616)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7USA (Indiana) C. sp., C. brownsportensis, C. cryptodens, C. rectilineatus (6706)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Australia (New South Wales) C. sp. (25705 25707)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02USA (New Jersey) C. sp. (45305)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.62 - 410.62Vietnam C. ramosus (83318)
Helderbergian - Emsian419.62 - 393.47Austria C. sp. (26201)
Devonian419.62 - 358.86Australia (Victoria) C. gippslandica (10154)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) C. puberulus (81649 81654)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Vietnam C. ramosus (83248)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Russian Federation (Sverdlovskaya Oblast) C. puberulus (81750) C. sp. (81049 81796)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Australia (Victoria) C. gippslandica (10155) C. sp. (75693)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Russian Federation (Arkhangel'skaya Oblast') C. flagellaris (40700)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Austria (Kärnten) C. falsus (81664)
Siegen413.02 - 410.62Mongolia C. dunginensis (79688)
Pragian - Early/Lower Emsian413.02 - 399.5Russian Federation (Sverdlovskaya Oblast) C. puberulus (81794)
Pragian - Early/Lower Emsian413.02 - 399.5Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) C. puberulus (81657 81658 81660)
Pragian - Early/Lower Emsian413.02 - 399.5Australia (Victoria) C. foliata, C. gippslandica (10127 10135 10136 10146) C. gippslandica (7211 10120 10131 10132 10134 10140 10141 10145)
Pragian - Emsian413.02 - 393.47Austria C. falsus (227919)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Japan C. fukujiensis (61146)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Australia (New South Wales) C. gippslandica (3698)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Mongolia C. dunginensis (46026 79690 79711) C. sharaobensis (79695)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Vietnam C. vericularis (83242)
Emsian - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95Vietnam C. sp. (83319)
Couvinien410.2 - 387.95Australia (New South Wales) C. expansus (188209)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Australia (New South Wales) C. sp. (24214)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Germany C. vermicularis (60129)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95United Kingdom (England) C. sp. (81012)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (New York) C. sp. (9528 9530 9533 9539 9553 9614 9616)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Canada (Yukon) C. sp. (223531)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Vietnam C. sp. (83258) C. tenella, C. bulvankerae (83243)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Canada (Manitoba) C. sp. (228094 228104)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany C. vermicularis (60130 60131 144943)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Russian Federation (Novosibirskaya Oblast) C. bulvankerae (81054)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Australia (New South Wales) C. sp. (24210)
Eifelian - Givetian393.47 - 382.31Vietnam C. multus, C. dubatolovi (83339)
Givetian - Silurian387.95 - 419.62USA (Alaska) C. sp. (112502)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Czechia C. sp. (84368)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Spain C. sp. (27602)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Czechia (Moravia) C. remesi (5767 5777)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Russian Federation (Kemerovskaya Oblast) C. escharoides, C. tenella (84384) C. fascicularis (84386)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (New York) C. sp. (10119 96209)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Poland C. laminosa (83034)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Morocco C. sp. (74491 227026)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Thailand C. sp. (82104)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Vietnam C. fascicularis, C. simplex, C. quydatensis (83288) C. subramosus, C. quydatensis (83320) C. verus (83244)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Afghanistan (Ghazni) C. sp. (75097)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31United Kingdom (England) C. escharoides (38405) C. sp. (38404 38417)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31China (Tibet) C. vermicularis (229931 229932 229933)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31China (Heilongjiang) C. khinganensis (25875)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Spain C. sp. (27712)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Western Sahara C. sp. (81607)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Canada (Manitoba) C. hadrus (6719 6720 6721 6722 6723 6724 6725) C. sp. (228115 228118 228122 228125 228126 228128 228129 228133 228137 228140 228168 228423)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Australia (Queensland) C. uralensis, C. sp. A (80375)
Givetian - Frasnian387.95 - 372.15Czechia C. sp. (79890)
Givetian - Frasnian387.95 - 372.15Vietnam C. simplex (83340)
Middle Givetian385.9 - 383.4Morocco (Sahara) C. sp. (79496 79555)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Tajikistan C. sp. (184356)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Russian Federation (Orenburgskaya Oblast) C. dubatolovi (83914)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Poland C. laminosa (82739)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Spain C. sp. (27608 27609 27610)
Late/Upper Devonian382.31 - 358.86USA (Alaska) C. sp. (40666)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Utah) C. sp. (554)