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Houscolex
Taxonomy
Houscolex is a genus. It is not extant.
It was assigned to Palaeoscolecida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cricocosmiidae by Han et al. (2007).
It was assigned to Palaeoscolecida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cricocosmiidae by Han et al. (2007).
Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2002 | Houscolex Sepkoski |
| 2007 | Houscolex Han et al. |
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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.
G. †Houscolex
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Reference: Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Meishucunian or 530.70000 to 521.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Meishucunian | China (Shaanxi) | H. lepidotus, H. sp. (6851) |