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Coscinium

Stenolaemata - Cystoporida - Hexagonellidae

Taxonomy
Coscinium was named by Keyserling (1846). Its type is Coscinium cyclops.

It was assigned to Cystodictyonidae by Bassler (1911); to Cystoporata by Sepkoski (2002); and to Hexagonellidae by Nakrem et al. (2009).

Species
C. cyclops (type species), C. praenuntium, C. stenops
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. hermidensis, C. proavium

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Coscinium Keyserling p. 191
1911Coscinium Bassler
2002Coscinium Sepkoski
2009Coscinium Nakrem et al. p. 679

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
RankNameAuthor
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classStenolaemataBorg 1926
superorderPalaeostomataMa et al. 2014
orderCystoporida(Astrova 1964)
suborderHexagonellinaMorozova 1970
familyHexagonellidaeCrockford 1947
genusCoscinium

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. †Coscinium Keyserling 1846
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†Coscinium cyclops Keyserling 1846
†Coscinium praenuntium Bassler 1911
†Coscinium stenops Keyserling 1846
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: epifaunalp
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-18 02:11:14
Modified: 2010-02-15 07:19:29
Source: c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Smith et al. 2006, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Kunda to the top of the Artinskian or 469.10000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3Canada (Ontario) C. proavium (172204)
Kunda469.1 - 464.3Estonia C. praenuntium (167596)
Emsian - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95Venezuela C. sp. (35896)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Spain (unknown) C. hermidensis (66106)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Svalbard and Jan Mayen C. cyclops (115474 115475 115476 115477 115478)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Svalbard and Jan Mayen C. cyclops (115258 115261 115262 115275 115479)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Russian Federation Coscinotrypa cyclops (109087 110108 113460 113461 113530)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Russian Federation (Nenetsia) Coscinotrypa cyclops (82825)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Russian Federation Coscinotrypa cyclops (94995 113444 113462 113528)