Cystolonsdaleia carteri Bamber and Fedorowski 1998 (horn coral)

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 Cystolonsdaleia according to E. W. Bamber and J. Fedorowski 1998

Sister taxa: Cystolonsdaleia arctica, Cystolonsdaleia berthiaumi, Cystolonsdaleia danneri, Cystolonsdaleia guaspariniae, Cystolonsdaleia hormos, Cystolonsdaleia neriae, Cystolonsdaleia obesa, Cystolonsdaleia zulloi

Type specimen: Its type locality is GSC 60192/3, SW Blue Mountains C, Ellesmere Island, which is in a Kasimovian marine limestone in the Hare Fiord Formation of Canada

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at GSC 60192/3, SW Blue Mountains C, Ellesmere Island

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