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Crassicoscinus

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Crassicoscinidae

Taxonomy
Crassicoscinus is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Crassicoscinidae.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Crassicoscinus Sepkoski
2015Crassicoscinus Debrenne et al. p. 1003

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderAjacicyathida
RankNameAuthor
suborderErismacoscininaDebrenne et al. 1989
superfamilySalairocyathoideaZhuravleva 1956
familyCrassicoscinidaeDebrenne et al. 1988
genusCrassicoscinus

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