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Sigmocoscinus

Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Sigmocoscinidae

Taxonomy
Sigmocoscinus is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Sigmocoscinoidea, Sigmocoscinidae.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Sigmocoscinus Sepkoski
2015Sigmocoscinus Debrenne et al. p. 1017

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderAjacicyathida
RankNameAuthor
suborderErismacoscininaDebrenne et al. 1989
superfamilySigmocoscinoideaBedford and Bedford 1939
familySigmocoscinidaeBedford and Bedford 1939
genusSigmocoscinus

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