Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Claruscoscinus

Archaeocyatha - Archaeocyathida - Claruscoscinidae

Taxonomy
Claruscoscinus was named by Handfield (1971) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Boto-u Cm Tojo-l]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Claruscoscinidae.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Claruscoscinus Handfield p. 74 figs. 15: 6a, b; 17: 1a-c
1979Arisacyathus Osadchaya et al.
2002Claruscoscinus Sepkoski
2015Claruscoscinus Debrenne et al. p. 1049

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderArchaeocyathidaOkulitch 1935
RankNameAuthor
suborderArchaeocyathinaOkulitch 1935
superfamilyDictyocyathoideaTaylor 1910
familyClaruscoscinidaeDebrenne and Zhuravlev 1992
genusClaruscoscinusHandfield 1971

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.

G. †Claruscoscinus Handfield 1971
show all | hide all
Claruscoscinus billingsi Vologdin 1940
Claruscoscinus diligens Osadchaya et al. 1979
Invalid names: Arisacyathus Osadchaya et al. 1979 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available