Pennalina crossi Cope 2005 (gorgonian)

Anthozoa - Gorgonacea - Gorgoniidae

Full reference: J. C. W. Cope. 2005. Octocorallian and hydroid fossils from the lower Ordovician of Wales. Palaeontology 48(2):433-445

Belongs to Pennalina according to J. C. W. Cope 2005

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Pont y Fenni Quarry, Fennian, which is in a Fennian deep-water mudstone/shale in the Pont y Fenni Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Pont y Fenni Quarry, Fennian

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