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Coscinaraeidae

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Coscinaraeidae

Taxonomy
Coscinaraeidae was named by Benzoni et al. (2012). It is extant.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Benzoni et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Coscinaraeidae Benzoni et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyCoscinaraeidae
familyCoscinaraeidae

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. Coscinaraeidae Benzoni et al. 2012
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G. Anomastraea Marenzeller 1901
G. Coscinaraea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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†Coscinaraea colei Frost and Langenheim, Jr. 1974
Coscinaraea monile Forskal 1775
†Coscinaraea panamensis Stemann 1992
G. †Craterastraea Beauvais 1978
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G. Horastrea Pichon 1971
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:46
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Callovian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 166.10000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 164.7 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian - Middle Callovian168.3 - 161.2Iran (Tabas Area) Craterastraea crateriformis (41410 41414)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7India (Kachchh) Craterastraea crateriformis (24050)
Middle Bathonian167.7 - 164.7India (Rajasthan) Craterastraea crateriformis (92927)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Jordan Craterastraea crateriformis (83639)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Tunisia (Taţāwīn) Craterastraea crateriformis (83347)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Iran (Tabas Area) Craterastraea crateriformis (41422)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0Iran (Razavi-Chorasan) Craterastraea crateriformis (83393)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Slovenia Coscinaraea sp. (77391)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Panama Coscinaraea panamensis (7274)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) Coscinaraea colei (85798)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan Coscinaraea sp. (34878)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Taiwan Coscinaraea exesa (89258)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Japan Coscinarea sp. (63137)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Coscinaraea monile (80963 201414)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Kenya Coscinarea sp. (63168)