Coscinium (bryozoan)

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]

Coscinium
Temporal range: 466.0–279.5 Ma
Scientific 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

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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