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Cothonion

Anthozoa - Cothoniida - Cothoniidae

Taxonomy
Cothonion was named by Jell and Jell (1976) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm lMid]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cothoniidae by Jell and Jell (1976); to Cothoniida by Scrutton (1997); and to Anthozoa by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Cothonion Jell and Jell
1997Cothonion Scrutton p. 199
2002Cothonion Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
orderCothoniidaOliver and Coates 1987
familyCothoniidaeJell and Jell 1976
genusCothonionJell and Jell 1976

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. †Cothonion Jell and Jell 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available