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Tumulocoscinus

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Tumulocoscinidae

Taxonomy
Tumulocoscinus is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Tumulocoscinidae.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Tumulocoscinus Sepkoski
2015Tumulocoscinus Debrenne et al. p. 1012

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderAjacicyathida
RankNameAuthor
suborderErismacoscininaDebrenne et al. 1989
superfamilyEthmocoscinoideaZhuravleva 1957
familyTumulocoscinidaeZhuravleva 1960
genusTumulocoscinus

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: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Atdabanian to the top of the Botomian or 521.00000 to 512.90000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Morocco T. equiporus (80900 80906)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Yakutiya) T. atdabanensis (81203 81205 81217) T. sp. (81221)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Kemorovo) T. sp. (56752 56755 56757 56759)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Russian Federation (Yakutia) T. sp. (174246 232979)