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Columnocoenia falkenbergensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pachyphylliidae

Taxonomy
Columnocoenia falkenbergensis was named by Baron-Szabo (2021). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is southern Germany, Upper Schrattenkalk, Allgäu, which is in an Aptian shallow subtidal limestone in the Schrattenkalk Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Columnocoenia falkenbergensis Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyPachyphylliidaeBeauvais 1982
genusColumnocoeniaAlloiteau 1952
speciesfalkenbergensis

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.

†Columnocoenia falkenbergensis Baron-Szabo 2021
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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: or 122.46000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Germany Columnocoenia falkenbergensis (type locality: 221477)