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Coscinium (bryozoan)

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Extinct genus of moss animals

Coscinium
Temporal range: 466.0–279.5 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Bryozoa
Class: Stenolaemata
Order: †Cystoporida
Family: †Hexagonellidae
Genus: †Coscinium
Keyserling, 1846
Species
  • †Coscinium cyclops (type)
  • †Coscinium elegans
  • †Coscinium praenuntium
  • †Coscinium stenops

Coscinium is an extinct genus of prehistoric bryozoans in the family Hexagonellidae. The species C. elegans is from the Paleozoic rocks of the western states and territories.

See also

References

  1. A. Keyserling. 1846. Wissenschaftliche Beobachtungen auf einer Reise in das Petschora Land im Jahre 1843 1-465
  2. ^ Fourth series of descriptions of Bryozoa from the Paleozoic rocks of the western states and territories. Hiram A Prout, Transactions of the St. Louis Academy of Science 1, pages 571-581, 1860

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Taxon identifiers
Coscinium


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