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Briantia

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Mucophyllidae

Taxonomy
Briantia was named by Barrois (1889) [Sepkoski's age data: D Emsi Sepkoski's reference number: 1240]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Mycophyllidae by Hill (1956); to Mucophyllidae by Hill (1981); and to Rugosa by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Briantia Barrois
1956Briantia Hill
1981Briantia Hill
2002Briantia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderStreptelasmatinaWedekind 1927
familyMucophyllidaeSoshkina 1947
genusBriantiaBarrois 1889

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. †Briantia Barrois 1889
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available