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Porocoscinus

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Porocoscinidae

Taxonomy
Porocoscinus is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Porocoscinoidea, Porocoscinidae.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Porocoscinus Sepkoski
2015Porocoscinus Debrenne et al. p. 1019

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderAjacicyathida
RankNameAuthor
suborderErismacoscininaDebrenne et al. 1989
superfamilyPorocoscinoideaDebrenne 1964
familyPorocoscinidaeDebrenne 1964
genusPorocoscinus

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.

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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: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Atdabanian to the top of the Botomian or 521.00000 to 512.10000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Spain (Cataluna) P. flexibilis (81294)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Kemorovo) P. sp. (56757 56759)
Atdabanian - Botomian521.0 - 512.1Spain (Cataluna) P. flexibilis (81291)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1China (Shaanxi) P. sp. (51460)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Italy (Sardinia) P. sp. (225110)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Italy (Sardegna) P. sp. (81027 81028 81032)
Lenian516.0 - 508.2Italy P. flexibilis (76113 76114 76115)