Anthozoa - Stauriida - Petalaxidae
Full reference: E. W. Bamber and J. Fedorowski. 1998. Biostratigraphy and systematics of Upper Carboniferous cerioid rugose corals, Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 511:1-127
Belongs to Petalaxis according to E. W. Bamber and J. Fedorowski 1998
Sister taxa: Petalaxis allisonae, Petalaxis baculatus, Petalaxis bailliei, Petalaxis beauchampi, Petalaxis belinskiensis, Petalaxis besti, Petalaxis branisai, Petalaxis cantabrica, Petalaxis celadensis, Petalaxis confertus, Petalaxis crassicolumnus, Petalaxis dobrolyuhovae, Petalaxis donbassica, Petalaxis donetsensis, Petalaxis ellesmerensis, Petalaxis elyensis, Petalaxis evidens, Petalaxis exiguus, Petalaxis exilis, Petalaxis flexuosus, Petalaxis fomichevi, Petalaxis grootae, Petalaxis immanis, Petalaxis intermedius, Petalaxis ivanovi, Petalaxis korkhovae, Petalaxis lisitschanskensis, Petalaxis maccoyanus, Petalaxis major, Petalaxis mirus, Petalaxis mohikanus, Petalaxis mokomokensis, Petalaxis monocyclicus, Petalaxis occidentalis, Petalaxis orboensis, Petalaxis parvus, Petalaxis perapertuensis, Petalaxis persubtilis, Petalaxis radians, Petalaxis santaemariae, Petalaxis sexangulus, Petalaxis simplex, Petalaxis stylaxis, Petalaxis sutherlandi, Petalaxis tabulatus, Petalaxis taishakuensis, Petalaxis thorsteinssoni, Petalaxis tschucoticus, Petalaxis vesiculosus, Petalaxis wagneri, Petalaxis wyomingensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is GSC C-179721-C-179727, NE Trold Fiord, Ellesmere Island, which is in a Moscovian shallow subtidal limestone in the Canyon Fiord Formation of Canada
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at GSC C-179721-C-179727, NE Trold Fiord, Ellesmere Island
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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