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Stioderma coscinum

Hexactinellida - Lyssacinosa - Stiodermatidae

Taxonomy
Stioderma coscinum was named by Finks (1960). Its type specimen is USNM 127666 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 14444, Marble Canyon, Sierra Diablo, which is in a Kungurian slope limestone in the Bone Spring Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Stioderma.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. magna, S. micra, S. sinensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Stioderma coscinum Finks p. 133 figs. Pl 47, figs 1-9; pl 48, figs 1-9; pl 49, figs 1,2,6,7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
orderLyssacinosa(Zittel 1877)
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyBrachiospongioidea
familyStiodermatidae
genusStioderma
speciescoscinum

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.

†Stioderma coscinum Finks 1960
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available