Coscinium (bryozoan)

Coscinium
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Bryozoa
Class: Stenolaemata
Order: †Cystoporida
Family: †Hexagonellidae
Genus: †Coscinium
Keyserling, 1846[1]
Species
  • †Coscinium cyclops (type)
  • †Coscinium elegans[2]
  • †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.[2]

References

  1. ↑ A. Keyserling. 1846. Wissenschaftliche Beobachtungen auf einer Reise in das Petschora Land im Jahre 1843 1-465
  2. 1 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
  • "Coscinium". The Encyclopedia of Life.
  • "Coscinium". Paleobiology Database.
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