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Claruscoscinidae

Archaeocyatha - Archaeocyathida - Claruscoscinidae

Taxonomy
Claruscoscinidae was named by Debrenne and Zhuravlev (1992). It is not extant. Its type is Claruscoscinus.

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

Subtaxa
Claruscoscinus (syn. Arisacyathus) (type genus), Fenestrocyathus, Landercyathus, Stevocyathus
Entered
by P. Novack-Gottshall on 2022-12-17; modified by P. Novack-Gottshall on 2022-12-18

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Claruscoscinidae Debrenne and Zhuravlev p. 114
2015Claruscoscinidae Debrenne et al. p. 1049

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderArchaeocyathidaOkulitch 1935
RankNameAuthor
suborderArchaeocyathinaOkulitch 1935
superfamilyDictyocyathoideaTaylor 1910
familyClaruscoscinidaeDebrenne and Zhuravlev 1992
familyClaruscoscinidaeDebrenne and Zhuravlev 1992

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. †Claruscoscinidae Debrenne and Zhuravlev 1992
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G. †Claruscoscinus Handfield 1971
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†Claruscoscinus billingsi Vologdin 1940
†Claruscoscinus diligens Osadchaya et al. 1979
Invalid names: Arisacyathus Osadchaya et al. 1979 [synonym]
G. †Fenestrocyathus Handfield 1971
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†Fenestrocyathus complexus Handfield 1971
G. †Landercyathus Debrenne et al. 1990
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 Toyonian or 521.00000 to 508.20000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Canada (Northwest Territories) Claruscoscinus billingsi (49020 49021) Fenestrocyathus complexus (49027)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Canada (British Columbia) Claruscoscinus billingsi (49011)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Russian Federation (Khakasiya) Claruscoscinus billingsi (81449)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Canada (Northwest Territories) Claruscoscinus fritzi (80959)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Russian Federation (Tuva) Claruscoscinus billingsi (81487 81488 81489)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Russian Federation (Kemorovo) Claruscoscinus billingsi (56763)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1USA (Nevada) Claruscoscinus sp. (218892)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Mexico Claruscoscinus sp. (62864) Stevocyathus elictus (62865)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Canada (British Columbia) Claruscoscinus fritzi, Fenestrocyathus sp. (81084) Fenestrocyathus sp., Fenestrocyathus complexus (81083)
Botomian - Toyonian516.0 - 508.2USA (Nevada) Landercyathus lewandowskii (81004 81005)
Lenian516.0 - 508.2Russian Federation (Kemorovo) Claruscoscinus billingsi (56764) Claruscoscinus sp. (56765)
Botomian - Caerfai516.0 - 506.5USA (Nevada) Fenestrocyathus sp. (9315 9316)
Toyonian512.1 - 508.2Mexico Claruscoscinus sp. (62870)
Toyonian512.1 - 508.2Russian Federation (Khakasiya) Arisacyathus sp., Arisacyathus secundus (81331) Claruscoscinus billingsi (81450) Claruscoscinus billingsi, Arisacyathus diligens (81461)