Petalaxis elyensis Wilson and Langenheim, Jr. 1962

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Petalaxidae

Alternative combination: Eastonoides elyensis

Synonyms: Lithostrotionella brokawi Wilson and Langenheim, Jr. 1962, Petalaxis brokawi Wilson and Langenheim, Jr. 1962

Full reference: E. C. Wilson and R. L. Langenheim, Jr. 1962. Rugose and tabulate corals from Permian rocks in the Ely Quadrangle, White Pine County, Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 36:495-520

Belongs to Petalaxis according to J. Fedorowski et al. 2007

See also Sando 1983 and Wilson and Langenheim 1962

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 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 specimens:

  • Petalaxis elyensis: UCMP 35654. Its type locality is UCMP B-6199, Water Canyon, which is in an Asselian shallow subtidal limestone in the Ferguson Mountain Formation of Nevada.
  • Lithostrotionella brokawi: UCMP 34655. Its type locality is UCMP B-6199, Water Canyon, which is in an Asselian shallow subtidal limestone in the Ferguson Mountain Formation of Nevada.

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (2: Nevada collections)

• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Nunavut)

Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences

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