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Columnaria

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Disphyllidae

Taxonomy
Columnaria was named by Goldfuss (1826) [Sepkoski's age data: D Give D Fras-u Sepkoski's reference number: 2,174,1240]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Stauriidae by Hill (1956); to Columnariidae by Hill (1981); and to Rugosa by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Columnaria Goldfuss
1956Columnaria Hill
1981Columnaria Hill
2002Columnaria Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderColumnariinaRominger 1876
familyDisphyllidaeHill 1939
genusColumnariaGoldfuss 1826

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. †Columnaria Goldfuss 1826
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Columnaria alveolata Goldfuss 1826
Columnaria calicina Nicholson 1874
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Invalid names: Columnaria herzeri Rominger 1876 [synonym]
Columnaria kuallomatensis Tyazheva et al. 1976
Columnaria parva Billings 1859
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:55:09
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:57
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Turinian to the top of the Sakmarian or 457.30000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (69 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ordovician486.85 - 443.1USA (New York) C. sp. (332)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5USA (Georgia) C. halli (32779 32783 32787 32791 32798)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5USA (Virginia) C. halli (34224 34235 34237 34241 34243 34244 34245 34246)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.2 - 443.1USA (California) C. alveolata (226247)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Tennessee) C. alveolata (5347)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (Quebec) C. halli (174157) C. minima (185481) C. minima, C. stokesi (185483)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (Ontario) C. minima (184970) C. stokesi (185480)
Mohawkian457.3 - 451.0USA (Tennessee) C. sp. (86201)
Franklinian - Edenian457.3 - 450.2USA (Tennessee) C. alveolata (5370)
Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) C. magnifica (26192)
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) C. alveolata (5333) C. halli (5346)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) C. alveolata (5357 5361 5368 5369)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0Canada (Ontario) C. minima, C. stokesi (185260) C. stokesi (185002 185268)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) C. alveolata (5390) C. stellata (5391)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Nunavut) C. halysitoides (101984)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Kentucky) C. sp. (207428 207429)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Tennessee) C. alveolata (173143)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Ontario) C. alveolata (173086 173116 173140) C. alveolata, C. calicina (173135) C. calicina (173014 173144)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Nevada) C. sp. (77187)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Indiana) C. vacua, C. alveolata (101552)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Michigan) C. alveolata (26317 75972) C. alveolata, C. calicina (173081)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Ohio) C. calicina (5326) C. sp. (395)
Richmondian - Ashgill449.6 - 443.1USA (Ohio) C. sp. (392 393)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1Russian Federation (Chukotka) C. sp. (80675)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1USA (Michigan) C. stokesi, C. alveolata (26331)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1Canada (Ontario) Favistella alveolata (26304)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62USA (California) C. sp. (229255)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7Canada (Quebec) C. coralliferum (71474 71475 71479)
Pridoli - Lochkovian422.7 - 413.02Tajikistan C. sogdiana (78882)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) C. kuallomatensis (81649)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31France C. junkerbergiana (38681)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Russian Federation (Arkhangel'skaya Oblast') C. originale, C. crassispinosa (40711)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31United Kingdom (England) C. junkerbergiana (38410)
Late/Upper Givetian - Early/Lower Frasnian383.4 - 379.0Spain (Leon) C. sulcata (26849)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Australia (New South Wales) C. jenkinsi (40006)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Russian Federation C. stuckenbergi (197910)