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Columactinastraea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae

Taxonomy
Columactinastraea was named by Alloiteau (1952) [Sepkoski's age data: K Barr T Eo Sepkoski's reference number: 821]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); to Actinastreidae by Baron-Szabo (2006); and to Actinastraeidae by Turnsek (1997) and Pandey et al. (2007).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Columactinastraea Alloiteau
1989Placocolumastrea Reig Oriol
1997Columactinastraea Turnsek
2002Columactinastraea Sepkoski
2006Columactinastraea Baron-Szabo p. 21
2007Columactinastraea Pandey et al.
2012Placocolumastrea Bover-Arnal et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyActinastreidae(Alloiteau 1952)
genusColumactinastraeaAlloiteau 1952

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. †Columactinastraea Alloiteau 1952
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†Columactinastraea fallax Umbgrove 1925
†Columactinastraea favulus Thurmann 1864
†Columactinastraea formosa Goldfuss 1826
†Columactinastraea rennensis Alloiteau 1952
Invalid names: Placocolumastrea Reig Oriol 1989 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yesf
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-26 09:44:35
Modified: 2008-01-26 11:44:35
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Oxfordian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 163.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Switzerland Isastrea favulus (93094)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Czech Republic C. favulus (36533)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Georgia C. urgonensis (67512)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian129.4 - 122.46Mexico C. sp. (21253)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Spain Placocolumastrea affinis (132377)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0Iran (Razavi-Chorasan) Columactinastrea torallolensis (83393)
Late/Upper Aptian - Albian122.46 - 100.5Iran C. sp. (31651)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Spain Placocolumastrea affinis (132378)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Greece C. sp. (34719)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Mexico C. sp. (21254)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Austria C. pygmaea (74905) C. pygmaea, C. formosa (74895)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Germany C. formosa (74484 74485) C. sp. (74486)
Santonian - Campanian86.3 - 72.1Slovenia C. pygmaea (23071 23072)
Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian86.3 - 70.6Croatia C. pygmaea, Columastrea formosa (11410)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Austria (Styria) C. formosissima (25479)
Late/Upper Santonian - Campanian85.8 - 72.1Austria (Styria) C. formosissima (25480)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Spain C. pygmaea, C. formosissima, C. guadelupae (67084)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Portugal Actinastrea pygmaea (74563)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Saudi Arabia Columactinastrea torallolensis (184844)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Somalia C. sp. (74507)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Bulgaria C. dumortieri, C. formosa, C. rennensis (67575)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Oman C. pygmaea (67454 206406)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0United Arab Emirates C. pygmaea, C. guadelupae (12766)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Mexico C. hilli (145214)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) C. anthonii, Columnastraea fallax (85272)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands Columnastraea fallax (138910)