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Columastrea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Columastreidae

Taxonomy
Columastrea was named by d'Orbigny (1849) [Sepkoski's age data: K Sant K Maes Sepkoski's reference number: 86,796,818]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Columastraeidae.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Columastraeidae by Baron-Szabo (2006).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Columastrea d'Orbigny
1851Columnastraea Milne-Edwards and Haime
2002Columastrea Sepkoski
2006Columastrea Baron-Szabo p. 59

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyColumastreidae(Alloiteau 1952)
genusColumastread'Orbigny 1849

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. †Columastrea d'Orbigny 1849
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†Columastrea antiqua Gerth 1928
†Columastrea dubia Alloiteau 1958
†Columastrea indica Stoliczka 1873
†Columastrea madagascariensis Alloiteau 1958
†Columastrea maxima Gregory 1900
†Columastrea striata Goldfuss 1826
Invalid names: Columnastraea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticsubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-21 04:32:59
Modified: 2008-02-21 06:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Hauterivian to the top of the Oligocene or 132.60000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Valanginian - Early/Lower Hauterivian137.05 - 125.77Argentina C. antiqua (151707)
Early/Lower Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Argentina C. antiqua (61589 151915 151916)
Early/Lower Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Argentina (Neuquen) C. antiqua (44680)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Venezuela C. antigua (90535 90537)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) C. sp. (64072)
Late/Upper Barremian - Aptian125.77 - 113.2Chile (Copiapó) C. antiqua (222944)
Late/Upper Turonian - Coniacian93.9 - 85.7Italy (Rome) Columnastraea indet. (162610)
Late/Upper Turonian - Coniacian93.9 - 85.7Italy (Frosinone) Columnastraea indet. (162611)
Late/Upper Turonian - Coniacian93.9 - 85.7Italy (Salerno) Columnastraea indet. (162619)
Late/Upper Turonian - Coniacian93.9 - 85.7Italy (Benevento) Columnastraea indet. (162612)
Middle Turonian - Coniacian93.9 - 85.7Greece C. striata (64253)
Turonian - Campanian93.9 - 72.2Georgia Phyllocoenia striata (91627)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Germany C. striata (74484 74485)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Austria C. striata (74895)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Spain C. sp. (67610)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Italy Columnastraea sp. (67594)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6France Columnastraea sp. (67011)
Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian85.7 - 72.2Croatia C. striata (11410)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Spain C. sp., C. dubia (31572)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Madagascar (Mahajanga) C. dubia (86609)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Serbia Columnastraea striata (87672)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0United Arab Emirates C. dubia (12766 206410 206412)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Oman C. dubia (175470)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0India (Gujarat) C. sp. (171803)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Bosnia and Herzegovina Columnastraea caillaudi (179744 179745 179746)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Somalia Columnastraea gregoryi (71062)