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Calamophyllia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Calamophylliidae

Taxonomy
Calamophyllia was named by Blainville (1830) [Sepkoski's age data: J Bajo K Maes Sepkoski's reference number: 2,806].

It was assigned to Calamophylliidae by Wells (1956); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1830Calamophyllia Blainville
1952Calamoseris Alloiteau
1956Calamophyllia Wells
2002Calamophyllia Sepkoski
2002Calamoseris Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyAgariciicaeGray 1847
familyCalamophylliidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusCalamophylliaBlainville 1830

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. †Calamophyllia Blainville 1830
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†Calamophyllia cassiana Laube 1865
†Calamophyllia ducreti Koby 1884
†Calamophyllia furcata Koby 1884
†Calamophyllia grandis Bontscheff 1897
†Calamophyllia northeyi Gregory 1921
†Calamophyllia sikesi Gregory 1921
†Calamophyllia subtilis Oppenheim 1901
†Calamophyllia tangana Thomas 1963
Invalid names: Calamoseris Alloiteau 1952 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:46
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Carnian to the top of the Badenian or 237.00000 to 12.70000 Ma

Collections (55 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Italy (South Tyrol) C. sp. (205149)
Jurassic201.4 - 145.0Chile (Región de Tarapacá) C. sp. (228997)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Switzerland C. sp. (162347)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Tanzania C. northeyi, C. sikesi (85938) C. sikesi (85945) C. sikesi, C. tangana (85946)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3France (Bourgogne) Calamoseris sp. (93190)
Oxfordian - Tithonian163.5 - 145.0Japan (Yamanashi) C. sp. (85626)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0Indonesia Calamoseris sp. (68480)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Azerbaijan C. furcata (78420 78421)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Uzbekistan Calamophylliopsis disputabilis (34859)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.2 - 152.1Georgia (South Ossetia) Calamophylliopsis disputabilis (90002)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.2 - 152.1Georgia Calamophylliopsis disputabilis (90000)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.2 - 150.8Uzbekistan Calamophylliopsis disputabilis (91782)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.2 - 150.8Ethiopia C. ducreti (93501)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal Calamoseris variabilis (67959)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Germany (Lower Saxony) C. disputabilis (23929)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Colombia Calamoseris sp. (34736)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal C. sp. (67903 67904 67905 67906 67907 67908 67910 67933 67935 67956 67957) Calamoseris sp. (67936)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal Calamoseris variabilis (34666)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Portugal C. sp. (68238) C. variabilis (68239)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) C. disputabilis (23887)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Portugal C. alrotensis (8604)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) C. disputabilis (23904)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Czech Republic Calamoseris disputabilis (36533)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Portugal Calamoseris sp. (34584)
Middle Tithonian - Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Czech Republic Calamoseris sp. (31283)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45France Calamoseris sp. (64068)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Switzerland C. corymbosa (76998)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Spain (Navarro) C. sp. (223564)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Jamaica (Clarendon Parish) C. quaylei (163079)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Slovenia C. crenaticostata, C. sp. (71666)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Italy C. sp. (146598)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Hungary C. crenaticostata (123840) C. crenaticostata, C. rosicensis, C. sp., C. subtilis, C. grandis (123836) C. crenaticostata, C. sp., C. subtilis, C. stereoplasmophyla, C. grandis (123837 123843) C. crenaticostata, C. subtilis (123904) C. sp., C. subtilis (123846)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Indonesia (Java) C. marksi (62859)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Pakistan (Sind) C. elongata (11292)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Romania C. sp. (123125)