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Conularia

Scyphozoa - Conulariida - Conulariidae

Taxonomy

Conularia was named by Miller (1820) [Sepkoski's age data: ]. It is not extant. Its type is Conularia quadrisulcata.

It was assigned to Conulariidae by Zavodowsky (1968); to Conulariida by Babcock et al. (1990); to Scyphozoa by Jiang (1982), Sepkoski (2002); and to Conulariinae by Weldon and Shi (2003).

Species

C. (Conularia), C. acutilirata, C. anuiensis, C. clarkei, C. crenulata, C. crustula, C. kolymaensis, C. miseneri, C. missouriensis, C. paraguayensis, C. planicostata, C. porcella, C. quadrisulcata (type species), C. splendida, C. triangulata

Species lacking formal opinion data

C. aurora, C. baini, C. elegantula, C. marionensis, C. sowerbyi, C. trentonensis, C. tulipina, C. undulata

Synonyms

Yangoconularia was named by Xu and Li (1985) [Sepkoski's age data: O (l) C (Ms)].

It was synonymized subjectively with Conularia by Babcock et al. (1990).

It was assigned to Conulariida by Sepkoski (2002).
Conularia (Conularia) was named by Miller (1939). It is not extant.

It was considered an invalid subgroup of Conularia by Babcock et al. (1990).

It was assigned to Conularia by Miller (1939).
Conularia (Plectoconularia) was named by Boucek (1939). It is not extant.

It was reranked as Plectoconularia by Boucek et al. (1949); it was synonymized objectively with Conularia by Babcock et al. (1990).

It was assigned to Conularia by Boucek (1939); and to Conulariida by Boucek et al. (1949).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1820	Conularia Miller
1939	Conularia (Plectoconularia) Boucek p. A121
1939	Conularia (Conularia) Miller
1949	Plectoconularia Boucek et al. p. 721
1968	Conularia Zavodowsky p. 45
1982	Conularis Jiang p. 174
1985	Yangoconularia Xu and Li pp. 90, 94
1990	Conularia Babcock et al. p. 898
2002	Conularia Sepkoski
2002	Yangoconularia Sepkoski
2003	Conularia Weldon and Shi pp. 795 - 796

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
subphylum	Medusozoa
class	Scyphozoa	Goette 1887
—	Paleoscyphozoa
—	Conulatae	(Moore and Harrington 1956)

Rank	Name	Author
order	Conulariida	Miller and Gurley 1896
suborder	Conulariina	Miller and Gurley 1896
family	Conulariidae	Walcott 1886
subfamily	Conulariinae	Walcott 1886
genus	Conularia	Miller 1820

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. †Conularia Miller 1820

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†Conularia acutilirata Fletcher 1938

†Conularia anuiensis Zavodowsky 1968

†Conularia clarkei Babcock et al. 1990

†Conularia crenulata Fletcher 1938

†Conularia crustula White 1880

†Conularia kolymaensis Zavodowsky 1968

†Conularia miseneri Foerste 1917

†Conularia missouriensis Swallow 1860

†Conularia paraguayensis Babcock et al. 1990

†Conularia planicostata Stacy 1952

†Conularia porcella Robson and Young 2013

†Conularia quadrisulcata Sowerby 1820

†Conularia splendida Billings 1866

†Conularia triangulata Raymond 1905

Invalid names: Conularia (Conularia) Miller 1939 [invalid subgroup], Plectoconularia Boucek 1939 [objective synonym], Yangoconularia Xu and Li 1985 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphatico

Locomotion:

stationaryf

Attached:

yeso

Life habit:

epifaunalf

Diet:

suspension feederf

Vision:

blindf

Created:

2022-12-12 18:54:07

Modified:

2022-12-12 18:54:07

Source: f = family, o = order

References: Kiessling 2004, Neal and Hannibal 2000

Age range: base of the Middle Ordovician to the top of the Carnian or 471.30000 to 227.30000 Ma

Collections (188 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Oldest occurrences
Ordovician	486.85 - 443.1	USA (New York)	C. sp. (332)
Klabava	477.1 - 469.4	Czechia	C. sp. (3841)
Arenig	477.1 - 468.0	USA (Montana)	C. sp. (286)
Middle Ordovician	471.3 - 458.2	USA (New York)	C. sp. (334 335)
Middle Ordovician	471.3 - 458.2	USA (California)	C. sp. (205396)
Chazyan	471.3 - 457.3	USA (New York)	C. triangularis (172331) C. triangulata (171897 172182 172240 172317)
Chazyan	471.3 - 457.3	Canada (Quebec)	C. sp. (435)
Kunda	469.1 - 464.3	Sweden	C. aurora (188270)
Llanvirn - Llandeilo	468.0 - 458.2	USA (Florida)	C. sp. (75629)
Letna - Harnagian	463.3 - 457.2	Czechia	C. rugulosa (3861)
Youngest occurrences
Time interval	Ma	Country or state	PBDB collection number
Asselian	298.9 - 293.52	Russian Federation	C. kolymaensis (121543 121544 121545)
Sakmarian	293.52 - 290.1	Russian Federation	C. anuiensis (121542)
Sakmarian	293.52 - 290.1	Pakistan	C. sp. (89328 116447)
Wordian - Capitanian	266.9 - 259.51	Canada (British Columbia)	C. sp. (112836)
Wuchiapingian	259.51 - 254.14	Australia (Queensland)	C. sp. (97270)
Wuchiapingian	259.51 - 254.14	Madagascar (Diana)	C. sp. (81987)
Lopingian	259.51 - 251.902	USA (Wyoming)	C. crustula (87153)
Middle Triassic	246.7 - 237.0	New Zealand	C. sp. (61460)
Ladinian - Carnian	241.464 - 227.3	New Zealand	C. sp. (201925)
Carnian	237.0 - 227.3	New Zealand	C. sp. (201935)