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Protopilophyllum

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Amplexidae

Taxonomy
Protopilophyllum was named by Ivanovskiy (1963) [Sepkoski's age data: S Ldov-u S Wenl]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Pycnostylidae by Hill (1981); to Amplexidae by Chen et al. (1997); and to Rugosa by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Protopilophyllum Ivanovskiy
1981Protopilophyllum Hill
1997Protopilophyllum Chen et al.
2002Protopilophyllum Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderStauriinaVerrill 1865
familyAmplexidaeChapman 1893
genusProtopilophyllumIvanovskiy 1963

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. †Protopilophyllum Ivanovskiy 1963
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available