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Coscinocyathus codonoformis ✝

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	235437	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=235437

Rank

species (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
phylum	Porifera	Grant 1836
class	Archaeocyatha
class	Regulares	Vologdin 1937
order	Capsulocyathida	Zhuravleva 1964
genus	Coscinocyathus	Bornemann 1884
species	Coscinocyathus codonoformis	Zhang 1983

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Coscinocyathus codonoformis	species	belongs to Coscinocyathus	stated with evidence	Zhang, 1983

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian

Last Recorded Appearance

516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian

Environment

marine (based on Regulares)

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Regulares)

Vision

blind (based on Regulares)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Regulares)

Taphonomy

high Mg calcite (based on Regulares)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

S. G. Zhang. 1983. Early Cambrian archaeocyathids from Kuruktag, Xinjiang. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 22(1):9-20

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1983	Coscinocyathus codonoformis Zhang

Zhang S. G. (1983) Early Cambrian archaeocyathids from Kuruktag, Xinjiang, Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 22 1, 9-20

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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