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Rylstonia

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Aulophyllidae

Taxonomy
Rylstonia was named by Hudson and Platt (1927) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour-u C Vise-u]. It is not extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Rylstonia Hudson and Platt
1956Rylstonia Hill
1981Rylstonia Hill
2002Rylstonia Sepkoski

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

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. †Rylstonia Hudson and Platt 1927
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Rylstonia columnirotata Langenheim, Jr. and Tischler 1960
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available