†class Rhyniopsida Kryshtofovich 1925
Synonym: Rhyniophyta Cronquist et al. 1966 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Tracheophyta according to P. R. Crane et al. 2004
See also Cronquist et al. 1966, Doweld 2001, Kenrick and Crane 1997 and Taylor et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Arisada, Bryobiotina, Catenalis, Euphyllophytina, Gymnospermopsida, Lycophytina, Lycopodiobiotina, Lycopodiophyta, Progymnospermopsida, Pteridobiotina, Pteridophyta, Rhyniaceae, Sciadophyton, Spermatophyta
Subtaxa: Cooksoniaceae Dutoitea Rhyniales
Ecology: "photoautotroph"