Anthozoa - Stauriida - Petalaxidae
Full reference: C. H. Stevens and B. Rycerski. 1989. Early Permian colonial rugose corals from the Stikine River area, British Columbia, Canada. Journal of Paleontology 63(2):158-181
Belongs to Lytvophyllum according to J. Fedorowski et al. 2007
See also Stevens and Rycerski 1989
Sister taxa: Lytvophyllum flexuosum, Lytvophyllum hongi, Lytvophyllum mongeri, Lytvophyllum sustutense, Lytvophyllum tschernowi
Type specimen: GSC 85271. Its type locality is GSC 43287 (SE-157d-59), Telegraph Creek, Stikine, which is in a Sakmarian shallow subtidal limestone in Canada.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Canada (2: British Columbia collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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