Anthozoa - Stauriida - Petalaxidae
Full reference: E. C. Wilson. 1982. Wolfcampian rugose and tabulate corals (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) from the Lower Permian McCloud Limestone of northern California. Contributions in Science, National History Museum of Los Angeles County 337:1-90
Belongs to Petalaxis according to J. Fedorowski et al. 2007
See also Wilson 1982
Sister taxa: 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 mokomokensis, 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: UCMP 37233. Its type locality is UCMP D-803, McCloud Bridge East, which is in an Asselian marine limestone in the McCloud Formation of California.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at UCMP D-803, McCloud Bridge East
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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