Biology:Coscinium (bryozoan)

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Short description: Extinct genus of moss animals


Coscinium
Temporal range: 466.0–279.5 Ma
Scientific classification
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†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]

See also

References

  1. A. Keyserling. 1846. Wissenschaftliche Beobachtungen auf einer Reise in das Petschora Land im Jahre 1843 1-465
  2. 2.0 2.1 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

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q30601077 entry