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Stephanaxophyllia bicoronata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Columastreidae

Taxonomy
Columnastraea bicoronata was named by Gregory (1900). It is not extant. Its type locality is Auradu, Auradu Limestone, which is in a Paleocene reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Auradu Limestone Formation of Somalia.

It was recombined as Stephanaxophyllia bicoronata by Baron-Szabo (2006).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Columnastraea bicoronata Gregory
1957Stephanaxophyllia casterasi Alloiteau
2006Stephanaxophyllia bicoronata Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyColumastreidae(Alloiteau 1952)
genusStephanaxophylliaAlloiteau 1957
speciesbicoronata()

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.

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Invalid names: Stephanaxophyllia casterasi Alloiteau 1957 [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 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Paleocene or 83.50000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0Iran (Semirom) Stephanaxophyllia bicoronata (233113)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Bulgaria Stephanaxophyllia casterasi (67575)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0United Arab Emirates Stephanaxophyllia casterasi (12766 206412)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Oman Stephanaxophyllia casterasi (206411)
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0United Arab Emirates Stephanaxophyllia casterasi (67456)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Somalia Columnastraea bicoronata (type locality: 87396)