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Comoseris

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Comoseridae

Taxonomy
Comoseris was named by D'Orbigny (1849) [Sepkoski's age data: J Plie K Turo Sepkoski's reference number: 796,919,1270]. Its type is Pavonia meandrinoides.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); to Comoseridae by Cairns et al. (2010); to Comoseriidae by Baron-Szabo (2021), Baron-Szabo (2021); and to Microsolenidae by Roniewicz (1976), Kiessling (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Comoseris D'Orbigny p. 12
1976Comoseris Roniewicz
2002Comoseris Sepkoski
2010Comoseris Cairns et al.
2021Comoseris Baron-Szabo
2021Comoseris Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderMicrosoleninaMorycowa and Roniewicz 1995
familyComoseridae
genusComoseris

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. †Comoseris D'Orbigny 1849
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†Comoseris aptiensis Baron-Szabo 2002
†Comoseris bajociensis de Fromentel 1861
†Comoseris baltovensis Roniewicz 1966
†Comoseris brevivallis Ogilvie 1897
†Comoseris eichwaldi Solomko 1888
†Comoseris frondescens Koby 1904
†Comoseris interrupta Koby 1888
†Comoseris irradians Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
†Comoseris jireceki Toula 1889
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Invalid names: Comoseris bargyensis Morycowa and Decrouez 1993 [synonym]
†Comoseris kobyi Geyer 1955
†Comoseris meandrinoides Michelin 1843
†Comoseris minima Beauvais 1964
†Comoseris tshordensis Bendukidze 1949
†Comoseris tuberosa Goldfuss 1826
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R.C. Baron-Szabo 2021Colonial, massive, hemispherical, foliose, lamellar, multicolumnar, thamnasterioid. Budding intracalicular. Meandroid or parallel series of corallite centers enclosed between collines. Collines generally tholiform. Septa regularly perforated, pennular, thamnasterioid-like and subconfluent to non-confluent in the valleys, confluent to
nonconfluent on the collines separating calicinal series. Columella monotrabecular or consists of a small number of papillae. Synapticulae present. Intertrabecular distance ranging between 90 and 320 μm. No wall between the corallites of same series. Corallite series are separated by incomplete synapticulotheca. Endothecal dissepiments well-developed.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-04 10:53:12
Modified: 2008-02-04 12:53:12
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Pliensbachian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 192.90000 to 110.10000 Ma

Collections (149 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Spain (Murcia) C. sp. (38080)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2United Kingdom (England) C. sp. (42319)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Jordan C. sp. (35674)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Iran C. sp. (67979)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Jordan C. meandrinoides (83639)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland C. sp. (22735)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France C. sp. (44512 63908 63911 63913 63915 63916 63918 63919 63921 63922 63923)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Lorraine) C. sp. (21273 21274)
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France C. sp. (220890 220891 220892 220893 220896 220944 220947 220982 220983 220984 220986 220988 220991 220992 220993 220994 220996 220997 221000 221001 221002 221003 221033 221035 221036 221037 221038)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Franche-Comte) C. meandrinoides (93158)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Lorraine) C. meandrinoides (93186 93188)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Bourgogne) C. minima, C. irradians (93114)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Germany (Lower Saxony) C. minima (23910)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8France (Burgundy) C. sp. (22736)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Romania C. interrupta (35183 35185 35187) C. minima (35190 35191 35198 35199)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8France C. sp. (44514)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Georgia C. meandrinoides (85930) C. minima, C. interrupta (85908)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Uzbekistan C. minima (34859)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8United Kingdom C. minima, C. interrupta, C. irradians (35300)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Poland C. baltovensis (68365 68366 68367) C. minima (68372 68373 68374 68375 68376 68377 68381)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Morocco C. sp. (138316)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Uzbekistan C. minima (91782) C. sp. (91783 91784) C. sp., C. minima (91786 91787)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Turkmenistan C. irradians (85949)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Morocco (Souss-Massa-Draa) C. sp. (85540)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Portugal C. helvelloides (68588) C. meandrinoides (68614) C. minima, C. kobyi (68589) C. sp. (68620)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Georgia (South Ossetia) C. eichwaldi (90002)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Russian Federation (Karachayevo-Cherkesiya) C. baltovensis (89995)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Georgia C. baltovensis (85936) C. meandrinoides, C. tschordensis (90017)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Slovenia C. baltovensis (68654 68680 68690) C. minima, C. baltovensis (68655 68684)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Romania C. minima (35200 35201)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal C. cesaredensis, C. helvelloides (67905) C. meandrinoides, C. minima, C. kobyi (34662) C. sp. (67910) C. sp., C. helvelloides (67906)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Poland C. minima (68368 68369 68370 68382)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Ethiopia C. meandrinoides (94314)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Azerbaijan C. irradians (78469)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Spain C. baltovensis, C. interrupta (34624) C. minima (34612 34613) C. sp., C. baltovensis (34625) C. sp., C. minima, C. frondescens (34611)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal C. cesaredensis (68819) C. frondescens (8518) C. helvelloides (68809) C. meandrinoides, C. frondescens (68803) C. sp. (68786) C. sp., C. helvelloides, C. frondescens (68787)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal (Centro) C. cesaredensis, C. meandrinoides, C. minima, C. helvelloides, C. frondescens (68220)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Azerbaijan C. maeandrinoides (78475)
Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian154.8 - 145.06Spain C. minima, C. frondescens (34610)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Poland C. minima (21268)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Portugal C. kobyi (34665)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Portugal C. contorta, C. frondescens (8159)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Italy C. sp. (154046)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Portugal C. meandrinoides, Meandrophyllia helvelloides (68239)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Poland C. minima, C. interrupta (133390) C. sp. (133400)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Czechia C. irradians (68783)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Italy C. sp. (196865)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Czechia C. brevivallis (36533)
Berriasian - Valanginian143.1 - 132.6Bulgaria C. sp. (151494)
Late/Upper Berriasian139.1 - 137.05Austria C. jireceki (192211)
Late/Upper Berriasian139.1 - 137.05Switzerland C. jireceki (192209)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Ukraine C. meandroides (77072)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Bulgaria (Pernik) C. bargyensis (87070 87075)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4France C. bargyensis (69013)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) C. sp., C. minima (116611)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) C. minima (64072)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57Austria C. aptiensis, C. jireceki (221476)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Germany C. aptiensis, C. jireceki (221477) C. minima (25535)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Switzerland C. sp., C. bargyensis (72040)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57France C. aptiensis (64081) C. minima (116615)
Aptian - Early/Lower Albian121.4 - 110.1Spain C. sp. (74894)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Iran (Razavi-Chorasan) C. meandrinoides (83393)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Georgia C. minima (85430)