Coscinium (bryozoan)

{{Short description|Extinct genus of moss animals}}

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| fossil_range = {{fossil range|466.0|279.5}}

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| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Bryozoa

| classis = Stenolaemata

| ordo = †Cystoporida

| familia = †Hexagonellidae

| genus = †Coscinium

| genus_authority = Keyserling, 1846A. Keyserling. 1846. Wissenschaftliche Beobachtungen auf einer Reise in das Petschora Land im Jahre 1843 1-465

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  • Coscinium cyclops (type)
  • Coscinium elegansFourth 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 praenuntium
  • Coscinium stenops

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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.

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