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Rylstonia columnirotata

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Aulophyllidae

Taxonomy
Rylstonia columnirotata was named by Langenheim and Tischler (1960). Its type specimen is UCMP 36447 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. A-9453, Cottonwood Range, which is in a Mississippian carbonate limestone in the Tin Mountain Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Marcot on 2022-07-25

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Rylstonia columnirotata Langenheim, Jr. and Tischler pp. 128 - 130 figs. Fig. 17, a - d

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
RankNameAuthor
suborderAulophyllina
familyAulophyllidaeDybowski 1873
subfamilyAmygdalophyllinaeGrabau 1935
genusRylstoniaHudson and Platt 1927
speciescolumnirotata

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.

Rylstonia columnirotata Langenheim, Jr. and Tischler 1960
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:55:09
Modified: 2026-03-22 15:03:40
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Mississippian or 358.86000 to 346.70000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Mississippian358.86 - 346.7USA (California) Rylstonia columnirotata (type locality: 226750 226768 226798 226799 226801 226803)
Early/Lower Mississippian358.86 - 346.7USA (Arizona) Rylstonia columnirotata (226772)