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Colpophyllia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Colpophyllia Milne-Edwards and Haime
1992Colpophyllia Squires and Demetrion p. 19
1998Colpophyllia Johnson
2000Colpophyllia Veron p. 210
2002Ceriosmilia Schuster
2002Colpophyllia Sepkoski
2005Colpophyllia López-Pérez p. 82
2012Colpophyllia Budd et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyMussidaeOrtmann 1890
subfamilyFaviinaeGregory 1900
genusColpophylliaMilne-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. Colpophyllia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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†Colpophyllia applanata Gerth 1923
†Colpophyllia duncani Wells 1935
†Colpophyllia elegans Budd et al. 1992
†Colpophyllia iranica Schuster 2002
†Colpophyllia malayica Gerth 1923
†Colpophyllia meandrinoides Michelin 1842
†Colpophyllia mexicanum Frost and Langenheim, Jr. 1974
†Colpophyllia multisepta Chevalier 1961
Colpophyllia natans Houttuyn 1772
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Invalid names: Colpophyllia breviserialis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 [synonym]
†Colpophyllia nicholasi Squires and Demetrion 1992
†Colpophyllia reagani Durham 1942
†Colpophyllia slavutytschensis Kuzmicheva 1987
Invalid names: Ceriosmilia Schuster 2002 [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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Holocene or 72.10000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 70.6 Ma

Collections (195 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Serbia and Montenegro Mycetophyllia inaequalis (87672)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Jamaica C. reagani (27650)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Washington) C. reagani (91602)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Mexico (Baja California Sur) C. nicholasi (5495)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Italy C. flexuosa, C. taramellii (75454)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Jamaica C. duncani (77033)
Bartonian - Late/Upper Eocene41.3 - 33.9Jamaica C. duncani (69727)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Spain C. sp. (152582)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Panama C. duncani, C. willoughbiensis, C. elegans (7274)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Ukraine C. slavutytschensis (77068)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Italy C. sp. (151434)
Priabonian - Rupelian38.0 - 28.1Greece C. sp. (166722)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Panama C. sp. (42489)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Jamaica C. duncani, C. willoughbiensis (69724)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Mexico (Chiapas) C. sp., C. willoughbiensis (85745)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Greece C. meandrinoides (79603)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Italy C. stellata A (69939 69942 69943 69947 69948) C. stellata A, C. stellata B, C. stellata C (69941) C. stellata A, C. stellata B, C. stellata D (69944) C. stellata A, C. stellata C, C. stellata H (69940) C. stellata A, C. stellata E, C. stellata G, C. stellata H (69949) C. stellata A, C. stellata F (69945)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.03Italy C. sp. (155215)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Venezuela C. willoughbiensis (87067)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Jamaica C. duncani, C. willoughbiensis (69725)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Puerto Rico C. sp. (45402 45403 45404)
Chattian - Rupelian28.1 - 28.1Greece C. sp. (166723 166724)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Antigua and Barbuda (Antigua) C. willoughbiensis (203881 203920) Manicina willoughbiensis (34505)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Iran Ceriosmilia iranica (41076)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Mexico (Chiapas) C. sp., C. willoughbiensis (31271)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Antigua and Barbuda C. willoughbiensis (203876 203879)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France C. multisepta (70067 163836)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Saudi Arabia C. sp. (34408)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Italy C. sp. (25370 25372)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France C. multisepta (70315)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Colombia C. willoughbiensis (201393 201394 201395 211329 211330)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) C. mexicanum (85771 85795)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Indonesia Hydnophyllia malayica (109177)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Colombia C. sp. (73800)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Indonesia Hydnophyllia malayica (108810)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Malaysia (Borneo) Hydnophyllia applanata (45351)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy Mycedium meandrinoides (70450)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.44 - 11.62Trinidad and Tobago C. sp. (27588 27591)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Kalimantan) Hydnophyllia applanata (42224)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama C. amaranthus (120357) C. natans (120391 120393) C. natans, C. amaranthus (120358)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic C. natans (93733)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica C. amaranthus (71384 71395) C. natans (71374 71381 71386 71410) C. sp. (71389) C. sp., C. natans (71398)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Jamaica C. natans (34540)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Jamaica C. natans (34543)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Bahamas C. breviserialis (73649)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Netherlands Antilles C. natans (41044 41046 41048)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Costa Rica C. natans, C. amaranthus (71419) C. sp. (71411 71421) C. sp., C. natans (71413 71415)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Jamaica C. natans (34541)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Netherlands Antilles C. natans (41054 41055)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Costa Rica C. natans (71721 71722 71724 71725 71730 71732 71741 71749 71758 71759 71761 71765 71770 71773 71777 73617) C. sp. (71764 71768 73618 73619 73625) C. sp., C. natans (71778 71779)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Bahamas C. amaranthus (73654)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Jamaica C. natans (34542)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama C. breviserialis (120218) C. natans (73632 120217 120354) C. sp. A (120285) C. sp. A, C. natans (120197 120201) C. sp. A, C. natans, C. breviserialis (120214) C. sp., C. natans (73627 73630)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Barbados C. natans (102439)
Middle Pleistocene (interglacial)0.774 - 0.129Barbados C. sp. (88831)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) C. natans (103517 103522 103523 103524 103525 103528 103535 103724 103725 103727 103728 103730 103731 103732 103733)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Colombia C. breviserialis (102773 102777 102786 102790) C. natans (102767 102768 102770 102774 102776 102780 102788)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica C. natans (176403)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saint Kitts and Nevis C. natans (209801)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands Antilles C. natans (80904)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Bermuda C. sp., C. natans (89150)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Quintana Roo) C. natans (82819 82820)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Barbados C. natans (102417 102419)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Dominican Republic C. natans (34518 34519)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) C. natans (85457 102945 102948 102950 102951 191403)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica (Saint Thomas) C. natans (82858)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands Antilles (Curacao) C. amaranthus (102702) C. breviserialis (102670 102673 102679) C. natans (102669 102683 102697 102707) C. sp. (102694) C. sp., C. amaranthus (102696)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Venezuela C. natans (83665)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Virgin Islands, U.S. C. natans (97624 97655 97659 97660)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Antigua and Barbuda C. natans (97611)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) C. natans (97609 97667 97669) C. natans, C. amaranthus (97610) C. sp. (97703)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Netherlands Antilles C. natans (97604)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Dominican Republic C. natans (97552 97553 97554 97555)