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 berthiaumi, Cystolonsdaleia carteri, Cystolonsdaleia danneri, Cystolonsdaleia guaspariniae, Cystolonsdaleia hormos, Cystolonsdaleia neriae, Cystolonsdaleia obesa, Cystolonsdaleia zulloi
Type specimen: Its type locality is GSC C-193090, Agassiz Ice Cap, Ellesmere Island, which is in a Moscovian marine limestone in the Belcher Channel Formation of Canada
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Canada (2: Nunavut collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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