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Calyptocoscinus

Archaeocyatha - Capsulocyathida - Calyptocoscinidae

Taxonomy
Calyptocoscinus is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Calyptocoscinoidea, Calyptocoscinidae.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Calyptocoscinus Sepkoski
2015Calyptocoscinus Debrenne et al. p. 1033

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderCapsulocyathidaZhuravleva 1964
RankNameAuthor
suborderCoscinocyathinaZhuravleva 1955
superfamilyCalyptocoscinoideaDebrenne 1964
familyCalyptocoscinidaeDebrenne 1964
genusCalyptocoscinus

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