Type species: Constellaria constellata Dana, 1849
| Synonyms | Author | Type Species |
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| Stellipora | Hall, 1847 | Stellipora antheloidea Hall, 1847 |
This genus includes the species:
| Constellaria antheloidea | (Hall, 1847) | Ordovician Caradoc | USA, Canada |
| Constellaria callosa | Pushkin, 1976 | Ordovician Llandeilo-Caradoc | Belarus |
| Constellaria cambrensis | Lewis, 1933 | Ordovician-Silurian | Wales |
| Constellaria complicata | (Astrova, 1965) | Ordovician Caradoc | Russia Siberia |
| Constellaria constellata | Dana, 1849 | Ordovician | USA |
| Constellaria constellata prominens | Ulrich, 1883 | Ordovician Caradoc | USA Ohio, Kentucky |
| Constellaria emaciata | Hayes & Ulrich, 1903 | Ordovician Caradoc | USA Tennessee, Kentucky |
| Constellaria fischeri | Ulrich, 1883 | Ordovician Caradoc | USA Kentucky, Tennessee |
| Constellaria florida | Ulrich, 1882 | Ordovician Caradoc | USA Ohio, Kentucky, Virgina |
| Constellaria floridaeformis | Jaroshinskaya, 1960 | Ordovician Caradocian | Russia Siberia |
| Constellaria islensis | Ross, 1963 | Ordovician Llanvirn-Llandeilo | USA Vermont |
| Constellaria jiangxiensis | Hu, 1986 | Late Ordovician | China Jiangxi |
| Constellaria lamellosa | Coryell, 1921 | Ordovician Caradoc | USA Tennessee |
| Constellaria limitaris | (Ulrich, 1879) | Ordovician Ashgill | USA Ohio, Indiana, Illinois |
| Constellaria mantschurekensis | (Modzalevskaya, 1968) | Middle Ordovician | Kirgizistan? Tuva |
| Constellaria parva | Ulrich, 1890 | Ordovician Ashgill | USA Illinois |
| Constellaria plana | Ulrich, 1883 | Ordovician Caradoc | USA Ohio |
| Constellaria polystomella | Nicholson, 1875 | Ordovician Ashgill | USA, Canada |
| Constellaria punctata | Whitfield, 1878 | Ordovician Ashgillian | USA Wisconsin |
| Constellaria? serotina | Kopajevich, 1984 | Silurian Ludlovian-Pridolian | Mongolia |
| Constellaria silurica | (Modzalevskaya, 1977) | Silurian Llandovery | Kirgizistan? Tuva |
| Constellaria stellata | (Modzalevskaya, 1977) | Silurian Llandovery | Kirgizistan? Tuva |
| Constellaria stipata | (Bassler, 1932) | Ordovician Caradoc | USA Tennessee |
| Constellaria teres | Hayes & Ulrich, 1903 | Ordovician Caradoc | USA Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia |
| Constellaria varia | Ulrich, 1893 | Ordovician Caradoc | USA, Estonia, Canada, Russia |
| Constellaria vesiculosa | (Modzalevskaya, 1955) | Ordovician Llandeilo-Caradoc | Russia, Poland |
| Constellaria vesiculosa turaelica | (Modzalevskaya, 1977) | Ordovician Ashgill | Kirgizistan? Tuva |
This information is based upon various sources, but no personal knowledge. I am indebted to the late Alan Horowitz for his compilation, and to Dr. J. Pachut.
I would be grateful for corrections to, or critical reviews of this information. This is not a 'final' version (an impossible ideal), but a working document.
Constellaria from Cincinnati region: at University of Georgia.
Constellaria from Nashville region: at University of Georgia.
Constellaria florida from the Ordovician of Ohio - at Yale Peabody Natural History Museum.
Constellaria article from the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Dry Dredgers bryozoans has a photo of Constellaria florida.
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