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Columnariidae

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Columnariidae

Taxonomy
Columnariidae was named by Nicholson (1879).

It was assigned to Columnariina by Hill (1981).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Columnariidae Nicholson
1981Columnariidae Hill

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderColumnariinaRominger 1876
familyColumnariidaeNicholson 1879
familyColumnariidaeNicholson 1879

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. †Columnariidae Nicholson 1879
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G. †Circumtextiphyllum Kaplan 1971
G. †Columnaria Goldfuss 1826
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Columnaria alveolata Goldfuss 1826
Columnaria calicina Nicholson 1874
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Invalid names: Columnaria herzeri Rominger 1876 [synonym]
Columnaria kuallomatensis Tyazheva et al. 1976
Columnaria parva Billings 1859
G. †Planetophyllum Crickmay 1960
G. †Spasskyella Tsyganko 1977
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:55:09
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:57
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Turinian to the top of the Sakmarian or 457.30000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (72 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ordovician485.4 - 443.8USA (New York) Columnaria sp. (332)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5USA (Georgia) Columnaria halli (32779 32783 32787 32791 32798)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5USA (Virginia) Columnaria halli (34224 34235 34237 34241 34243 34244 34245 34246)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8USA (California) Columnaria alveolata (226247)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Tennessee) Columnaria alveolata (5347)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (Quebec) Columnaria halli (174157) Columnaria minima (185481) Columnaria minima, Columnaria stokesi (185483)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (Ontario) Columnaria minima (184970) Columnaria stokesi (185480)
Mohawkian457.3 - 451.0USA (Tennessee) Columnaria sp. (86201)
Franklinian - Edenian457.3 - 450.2USA (Tennessee) Columnaria alveolata (5370)
Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Columnaria magnifica (26192)
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) Columnaria alveolata (5333) Columnaria halli (5346)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) Columnaria alveolata (5357 5361 5368 5369)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0Canada (Ontario) Columnaria minima, Columnaria stokesi (185260) Columnaria stokesi (185002 185268)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) Columnaria alveolata (5390) Columnaria stellata (5391)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Ontario) Columnaria alveolata (173086 173116 173140) Columnaria alveolata, Columnaria calicina (173135) Columnaria calicina (173014 173144)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Tennessee) Columnaria alveolata (173143)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Indiana) Columnaria vacua, Columnaria alveolata (101552)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Michigan) Columnaria alveolata (26317 75972) Columnaria alveolata, Columnaria calicina (173081)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Kentucky) Columnaria sp. (207428 207429)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Ohio) Columnaria calicina (5326) Columnaria sp. (395)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Nevada) Columnaria sp. (77187)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Nunavut) Columnaria halysitoides (101984)
Richmondian - Ashgill449.6 - 443.7USA (Ohio) Columnaria sp. (392 393)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7USA (Michigan) Columnaria stokesi, Columnaria alveolata (26331)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Russian Federation (Chukotka) Columnaria sp. (80675)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Canada (Ontario) Favistella alveolata (26304)
Silurian443.8 - 419.2USA (California) Columnaria sp. (229255)
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0Canada (Quebec) Columnaria coralliferum (71474 71475 71479)
Pridoli - Lochkovian423.0 - 410.8Tajikistan Columnaria sogdiana (78882)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Columnaria kuallomatensis (81649)
Eifelian - Givetian393.3 - 382.7Australia (Queensland) Planetophyllum sp. (80374)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Russian Federation (Arkhangel'skaya Oblast') Columnaria originale, Columnaria crassispinosa (40711)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7United Kingdom (England) Columnaria junkerbergiana (38410)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Australia (Queensland) Planetophyllum sp. (80375 80376)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7France Columnaria junkerbergiana (38681)
Late/Upper Givetian - Early/Lower Frasnian380.2 - 382.4Spain (Leon) Columnaria sulcata (26849)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Australia (New South Wales) Columnaria jenkinsi (40006)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Russian Federation Columnaria stuckenbergi (197910)