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Claruscoscinus

Archaeocyatha - Archaeocyathida - Claruscoscinidae

Taxonomy
Claruscoscinus was named by Handfield (1971) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Boto-u Cm Tojo-l]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Claruscoscinidae.

It was assigned to Archaeocyathida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Claruscoscinidae by Debrenne et al. (2015).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Claruscoscinus Handfield p. 74 figs. 15: 6a, b; 17: 1a-c
1979Arisacyathus Osadchaya et al.
2002Claruscoscinus Sepkoski
2015Claruscoscinus Debrenne et al. p. 1049

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderArchaeocyathidaOkulitch 1935
RankNameAuthor
suborderArchaeocyathinaOkulitch 1935
superfamilyDictyocyathoideaTaylor 1910
familyClaruscoscinidaeDebrenne and Zhuravlev 1992
genusClaruscoscinusHandfield 1971

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. †Claruscoscinus Handfield 1971
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Claruscoscinus billingsi Vologdin 1940
Claruscoscinus diligens Osadchaya et al. 1979
Invalid names: Arisacyathus Osadchaya et al. 1979 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationaryp
Attached: yesp
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalp
Diet: suspension feederp
Vision: blindp
Created: 2009-05-09 19:07:07
Modified: 2009-10-06 09:36:25
Source: p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Atdabanian to the top of the Toyonian or 521.00000 to 510.20000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Canada (Northwest Territories) C. billingsi (49020 49021)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Canada (British Columbia) C. billingsi (49011)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Russian Federation (Tuva) C. billingsi (81487 81488 81489)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Mexico C. sp. (62864)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Russian Federation (Kemorovo) C. billingsi (56763)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9USA (Nevada) C. sp. (218892)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Canada (Northwest Territories) C. fritzi (80959)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Russian Federation (Khakasiya) C. billingsi (81449)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Canada (British Columbia) C. fritzi (81084)
Lenian516.0 - 510.2Russian Federation (Kemorovo) C. billingsi (56764) C. sp. (56765)
Toyonian512.9 - 510.2Russian Federation (Khakasiya) Arisacyathus sp., Arisacyathus secundus (81331) C. billingsi (81450) C. billingsi, Arisacyathus diligens (81461)
Toyonian512.9 - 510.2Mexico C. sp. (62870)