Coscinium (bryozoan)

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Coscinium
Temporal range: 466.0–279.5 Ma
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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]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ A. Keyserling. 1846. Wissenschaftliche Beobachtungen auf einer Reise in das Petschora Land im Jahre 1843 1-465
  2. ^ a b 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[edit]

  • "Coscinium" at the Encyclopedia of Life
  • "Coscinium". Fossilworks. Gateway to the Paleobiology Database.