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Claruscoscinus billingsi

Archaeocyatha - Archaeocyathida - Claruscoscinidae

Taxonomy
Claruscoscinus billingsi was named by Vologdin (1940) [Lower Cambrian; Northwest Territories, British Columbia].

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Claruscoscinus billingsi Vologdin p. 48 figs. 6: 2-4, 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderArchaeocyathidaOkulitch 1935
suborderArchaeocyathinaOkulitch 1935
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyDictyocyathoideaTaylor 1910
familyClaruscoscinidaeDebrenne and Zhuravlev 1992
genusClaruscoscinusHandfield 1971
speciesbillingsiVologdin 1940

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.

Claruscoscinus billingsi Vologdin 1940
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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 Toyonian or 521.00000 to 508.20000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Canada (Northwest Territories) Claruscoscinus billingsi (49020 49021)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Canada (British Columbia) Claruscoscinus billingsi (49011)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Russian Federation (Tuva) Claruscoscinus billingsi (81487 81488 81489)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Russian Federation (Kemorovo) Claruscoscinus billingsi (56763)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Russian Federation (Khakasiya) Claruscoscinus billingsi (81449)
Lenian516.0 - 508.2Russian Federation (Kemorovo) Claruscoscinus billingsi (56764)
Toyonian512.1 - 508.2Russian Federation (Khakasiya) Claruscoscinus billingsi (81450 81461)