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Coenitidae

Anthozoa - Favositida - Coenitidae

Taxonomy
Coenitidae was named by Sardeson (1896).

It was assigned to Alveolitina by Klaamann (1964), Murray (1985).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Coenitidae Sardeson
1964Coenitidae Klaamann
1985Coenitidae Murray p. 34

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
RankNameAuthor
orderFavositidaWedekind 1937
suborderAlveolitinaSokolov 1950
familyCoenitidaeSardeson 1896
familyCoenitidaeSardeson 1896

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.

Fm. †Coenitidae Sardeson 1896
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Subfm. †Coenitinae Sardeson 1896
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G. †Coenites Eichwald 1829
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Coenites dunginensis Sharkova 1981
Coenites intertextus Eichwald 1829
Coenites juniperinus Eichwald 1829
Coenites sharaobensis Sharkova 1981
G. †Lecompteia Mironova 1961
G. †Placocoenites Sokolov 1955
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Placocoenites orientalis Eichwald 1861
Placocoenites pellicula Klaamann 1964
G. †Planocoenites Sokolov 1952
G. †Platyaxum Davis 1887
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubc
Locomotion: stationarysubc
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Diet 2: photosymbioticsubc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:11
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:41
Source: subc = subclass, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Clinton to the top of the Kinderhookian or 440.10000 to 351.90000 Ma

Collections (252 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhuddanian - Aeronian443.1 - 438.6Russian Federation (Siberia) Placocoenites orientalis (206541 206542)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Russian Federation (Yakutiya) Placocoenites rotundus (79483)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Russian Federation (Khakasiya) Placocoenites pellicula (78710)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Canada (Ontario) Coenites sp. (513)
Llandovery - Wenlock443.1 - 426.7China (Xinjiang) Placocoenites sp. (27816)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62Australia (Victoria) Coenites gippslandica (10184 10187) Coenites planifolium, Coenites gippslandica (10191 10192 10193)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62USA (Kentucky) Coenites verticillatus, Coenites sp. (5676)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6China Coenites sp. (164269)
Clinton440.1 - 439.4Canada (British Columbia) Coenites laminatus (5143 5144 5152) Coenites laminatus, Coenites rectilineatus (5147 5149) Coenites rectilineatus (5150)
Niagaran439.4 - 422.7USA (Ohio) Coenites sp. (475)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Germany Platyaxum gradatum (197087) Platyaxum sp. (60183)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Poland Coenites laminosa (82739)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Platyaxum gracile (82483 82486)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Russian Federation (Orenburgskaya Oblast) Coenites dubatolovi (83914)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Tajikistan Coenites sp. (184356)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Spain Coenites sp. (27608 27609 27610)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Germany Platyaxum sp. (227713 227717)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Afghanistan (Ghazni) Coenitidae indet. (75117 84662)
Late/Upper Devonian382.31 - 358.86USA (Alaska) Coenites sp. (40666)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Utah) Coenites sp. (554)