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Calapoecia

Anthozoa - Sarcinulida - Syringophyllidae

Taxonomy
Calapoecia was named by Billings (1865) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara-l O Ashg-u Sepkoski's reference number: 160]. It is not extant. Its type is Calapoecia huronensis.

It was assigned to Calapoeciinae by Hill (1981) and Murray (1985); to Syringophyllidae by Gierlowski and Langenheim (1985); and to Tabulata by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
C. anticostiensis, C. coxi (syn. C. canadensis), C. huronensis (syn. C. cribriformis) (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. borealis, C. ungava

Synonyms
  • Coxia was named by Preobrazhenskiy (1970).

    It was synonymized subjectively with Calapoecia by Hill (1981).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Calapoecia Billings
1970Coxia Preobrazhenskiy
1981Calapoecia Hill
1985Calapoecia Gierlowski and Langenheim, Jr.
1985Calapoecia Murray
2002Calapoecia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
RankNameAuthor
orderSarcinulidaSokolov 1950
familySyringophyllidaeRoemer 1883
genusCalapoeciaBillings 1865

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. †Calapoecia Billings 1865
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†Calapoecia anticostiensis Billings 1865
†Calapoecia coxi Bassler 1950
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Invalid names: Calapoecia canadensis Cox 1936 [synonym]
†Calapoecia huronensis Billings 1865
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Invalid names: Calapoecia cribriformis Nicholson 1874 [synonym]
Invalid names: Coxia Preobrazhenskiy 1970 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubc
Locomotion: stationarysubc
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Diet 2: photosymbioticsubc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:11
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:41
Source: subc = subclass, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Turinian to the top of the Late/Upper Ordovician or 457.30000 to 443.80000 Ma

Collections (104 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician470.0 - 443.8Canada (Nunavut) C. borealis (24231) C. borealis, C. anticostiensis (24241)
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician470.0 - 443.8USA (Alaska) C. sp. (100891)
Middle Ordovician - Silurian470.0 - 419.2Canada (Nunavut) C. sp. (109062 109069)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0Russian Federation (Siberia) C. baragashiensis, C. canadensis (205386)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Russian Federation C. altaica, C. baragashiensis, C. anticostiensis (78801)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Canada (Northwest Territories) C. canadensis, C. anticostiensis (188771) C. sp. (25319 25320 25321 25533)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8Canada (Nunavut) C. sp. (101900 101902)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8Canada (Northwest Territories) C. sp. (25493 25506)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8USA (Alaska) C. sp. (100874 100885 100888)
Late/Upper Ordovician - Silurian458.4 - 419.2Canada (Northwest Territories) C. sp. (25511)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (Ontario) C. canadensis (26188)
Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) C. canadensis (26192)
Wildernessian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) C. arctica (26957) C. sp. (26941)
Chatfieldian - Edenian453.8 - 450.2Canada (Nunavut) C. anticostiensis (24116)
Onnian453.0 - 449.5Australia (Tasmania) C. sp. (26238)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Russian Federation (Siberia) C. anticostensis, C. lebediensis, C. altaica (205626) C. baragashiensis, C. lebediensis (205627)
Katian453.0 - 445.2China (Zhejiang ) C. sp. (153816)
Eastonian - Onnian452.7 - 449.5Australia (Tasmania) C. sp. (2686)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (New Mexico) C. anticostiensis (80619)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2Canada (Nunavut) C. borealis, C. anticostiensis (24225)
Edenian - Richmondian451.0 - 445.5Canada (Manitoba) C. anticostiensis (13654) C. arctica (13656 13657)
Edenian - Richmondian451.0 - 445.5Canada (Nunavut) C. sp. (109070 109071)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Texas) C. ungava (80617)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6Canada (Manitoba) C. anticostiensis (23009) C. sp. (34813)
Maysvillian - Richmondian450.2 - 445.5USA (Colorado) C. sp. (10338)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Northwest Territories) C. arctica, C. canadensis, C. anticostiensis (188769) C. canadensis (188770 188775) C. ungava (27112)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Ohio) C. sp. (395)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Kentucky) C. huronensis (37833 179674 179675 179676 179677 179678 179679 179680) C. sp. (72692 72693 72694)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Nunavut) C. canadensis (24186 101984) C. sp. (109060 109064) C. ungava (360)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (New Mexico) C. coxi (80620)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Wyoming) C. coxi (65235)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Ontario) C. huronensis (76903 173085 173116 173135)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Michigan) C. cribriformis (26317) C. huronensis (173081 173147)
Richmondian - Ashgill449.6 - 443.7USA (Ohio) C. sp. (392 393 394)
Richmondian - Gamachian449.6 - 443.7Canada (Quebec) C. sp. (37469)
Richmondian - Gamachian449.6 - 443.7Canada (Manitoba) C. anticostiensis (23024 23026) C. canadensis (23031) C. canadensis, C. anticostiensis (23011 23018 23023) C. sp. (23039)
Richmondian - Llandovery449.6 - 433.4Canada (Québec) C. sp. (24353 24376 24378)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Canada (Quebec) C. sp. (54135)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Canada (Ontario) C. cribriformis (26304)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7China (Henan) C. anticostiensis (36575)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7USA (Michigan) C. cribriformis (26331)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7USA (Kentucky) C. huronensis (24034)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Russian Federation (Yakutiya) Coxia sp. (79501 79502) Coxia spongiosa (79500)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Canada (Québec) C. sp. (24380 24450 24452)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Russian Federation (Chukotka) Coxia canadensis, C. anticostiensis (80675)
Gamachian449.5 - 443.7Canada (Québec) C. sp. (24338 24370)
Gamachian449.5 - 443.7Canada (Manitoba) C. canadensis (26360)
Gamachian449.5 - 443.7Canada (Quebec) C. sp. (80613 80615)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2Canada (Quebec) C. sp. (80603)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4Canada (Québec) C. sp. (24336)