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Coscinaraea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Coscinaraeidae

Taxonomy
Coscinaraea was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-u R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Siderastreidae by Wells (1956), López-Pérez (2005); and to Coscinaraeidae by Benzoni et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Coscinaraea Milne-Edwards and Haime
1956Coscinaraea Wells p. 383
2005Coscinaraea López-Pérez p. 82
2012Coscinaraea Benzoni et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyCoscinaraeidae
genusCoscinaraeaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848

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. Coscinaraea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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†Coscinaraea colei Frost and Langenheim, Jr. 1974
Coscinaraea monile Forskal 1775
†Coscinaraea panamensis Stemann 1992
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 56.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Slovenia C. sp. (77391)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Panama C. panamensis (7274)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mexico (Chiapas) C. colei (85798)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Japan C. sp. (34878)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Taiwan C. exesa (89258)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Japan Coscinarea sp. (63137)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Kenya Coscinarea sp. (63168)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia C. monile (80963 201414)