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Aulocopium

Demospongiae - Streptosolenidae

Taxonomy
Aulocopium was named by Oswald (1847) [Sepkoski's age data: O S Ludl-l Sepkoski's reference number: 880]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Lithistida by Sepkoski (2002); to Anthaspidellidae by Liu et al. (2003); and to Streptosolenidae by Finks et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Aulocopium Oswald
2002Aulocopium Sepkoski
2003Aulocopium Liu et al. p. 440
2004Aulocopium Finks et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
RankNameAuthor
suborderOrchocladinaRauff 1895
familyStreptosolenidae
genusAulocopiumOswald 1847

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. †Aulocopium Oswald 1847
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Aulocopium aurantium Oswald 1847
Aulocopium nana Rigby and Chatterton 1989
Aulocopium sanjuanensis Beresi and Rigby 1993
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available