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Porocoscinidae

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Porocoscinidae

Taxonomy
Porocoscinidae was named by Debrenne (1964). It is not extant. Its type is Porocoscinus.

It was assigned to Porocoscinoidea by Debrenne et al. (2015).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Porocoscinidae Debrenne
2015Porocoscinidae 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
familyPorocoscinidaeDebrenne 1964

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.

Fm. †Porocoscinidae Debrenne 1964
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G. †Geniculicyathus Debrenne 1960
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Geniculicyathus varius Debrenne 1960
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 512.10000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Spain (Cataluna) Porocoscinus flexibilis, Tubicoscinus cupulosus (81294)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Morocco Geniculicyathus varius (232981)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Kemorovo) Porocoscinus sp. (56757 56759)
Atdabanian - Botomian521.0 - 512.1Spain (Cataluna) Porocoscinus flexibilis (81291)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1China (Shaanxi) Porocoscinus sp. (51460)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Italy (Sardinia) Porocoscinus sp. (225110)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Italy (Sardegna) Porocoscinus sp., Tubicoscinus sp. (81027 81028 81032) Tubicoscinus sp. (81029)
Lenian516.0 - 508.2Italy Porocoscinus flexibilis, Tubicoscinus cupulosus (76113 76114 76115)