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Polycoscinus
Taxonomy
Polycoscinus is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Polycoscinoidea, Polycoscinidae.
It was assigned to Ajacicyathida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Polycoscinidae by Debrenne et al. (2015).
It was assigned to Ajacicyathida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Polycoscinidae by Debrenne et al. (2015).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2002 | Erugatocyathus Sepkoski |
| 2002 | Polycoscinus Sepkoski |
| 2015 | Polycoscinus Debrenne et al. p. 1008 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Atdabanian to the top of the Botomian or 521.00000 to 512.90000 Ma
Collections (10 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Cambrian | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | P. scuratus, P. papillatus (182205) | |
| Atdabanian | Australia (South Australia) | Erugatocyathus aquilinus, Erugatocyathus madigani, Erugatocyathus inflexus, Erugatocyathus mawsoni, Erugatocyathus howchini, Erugatocyathus tatei, Erugatocyathus oppositus (81172) Erugatocyathus aquilinus, Erugatocyathus madigani, Erugatocyathus inflexus, Erugatocyathus oppositus (81171) Erugatocyathus krusei (81170) Erugatocyathus tatei, Erugatocyathus oppositus (81173) | |
| Botomian | Australia (South Australia) | Erugatocyathus mawsoni (79945) Erugatocyathus papillatus (79944) Erugatocyathus scutatus, Erugatocyathus cymbricensis (81016) | |
| Botomian | Antarctica | Erugatocyathus scutatus (80915) Erugatocyathus scutatus, Erugatocyathus gravestocki (62871) |