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Aulocystella

Anthozoa - Auloporida - Aulocystidae

Taxonomy
Aulocystella was named by Kuzina (1955) [Sepkoski's age data: C Vise]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Aulocystidae by Hill (1981); and to Tabulata by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Aulocystella Kuzina
1981Aulocystella Hill
2002Aulocystella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
RankNameAuthor
orderAuloporidaSokolov 1947
superfamilyAuloporoidea(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851)
familyAulocystidaeSokolov 1950
genusAulocystellaKuzina 1955

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.

G. †Aulocystella Kuzina 1955
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-10-08 12:14:27
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:27
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Sheinwoodian to the top of the Tournaisian or 432.90000 to 346.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sheinwoodian - Homerian432.9 - 426.7Russian Federation A. brevitatis (60245)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7Russian Federation A. sp. (78778)