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Neorylstonia pseudocolumellata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia

Taxonomy
Mesophyllum pseudocolumellatum was named by Beauvais (1986). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is J. Bou Dahar (Beni Tadjit), Atlas Mountains, which is in a Pliensbachian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in Morocco.

It was recombined as Neorylstonia pseudocolumellata by Vasseur et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Mesophyllum pseudocolumellatum Beauvais
2019Neorylstonia pseudocolumellata Vasseur et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderPachythecaliina()
superfamilyVolzeioideaCuif 1977
genusNeorylstonia
speciespseudocolumellata(Beauvais 1986)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:46
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Jamesoni or 192.90000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ibex192.9 - 184.2Morocco Neorylstonia pseudocolumellata (203733)
Jamesoni192.9 - 184.2Morocco Neorylstonia pseudocolumellata (203732)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Morocco Mesophyllum pseudocolumellatum (type locality: 33573)
Spinatum192.9 - 184.2Morocco Neorylstonia pseudocolumellata (203735 203736 203737)