Anthozoa - Stauriida - Petalaxidae
Alternative combination: Lithostrotion (Lithostrotionella) mokomokensis
Full reference: W. H. Easton. 1960. Permian corals from Nevada and California. Journal of Paleontology 34:570-583
Belongs to Petalaxis according to J. Fedorowski et al. 2007
See also Easton 1960 and Sando 1983
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 monocyclicus, Petalaxis multilamellatus, 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: USC 5119. Its type locality is USC Loc. 330 - Mokomoke Ridge, which is in an Artinskian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Arcturus Formation of Nevada.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (3: Nevada collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.