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Coscinoptycta

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Coscinoptyctidae

Taxonomy
Coscinoptycta is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Coscinoptyctoidea, Coscinoptyctidae.

It was assigned to Ajacicyathida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Coscinoptyctidae by Debrenne et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Coscinoptycta Sepkoski
2015Coscinoptycta Debrenne et al. p. 1013

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderAjacicyathida
RankNameAuthor
suborderErismacoscininaDebrenne et al. 1989
superfamilyCoscinoptyctoideaDebrenne et al. 1989
familyCoscinoptyctidaeDebrenne et al. 1989
genusCoscinoptycta

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available