Anthozoa - Stauriida - Petalaxidae
Alternative combination: Petalaxis guaspariniae
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 Cystolonsdaleia according to J. Fedorowski et al. 2007
See also Stevens and Rycerski 1989
Sister taxa: Cystolonsdaleia arctica, Cystolonsdaleia berthiaumi, Cystolonsdaleia carteri, Cystolonsdaleia danneri, Cystolonsdaleia hormos, Cystolonsdaleia neriae, Cystolonsdaleia obesa, Cystolonsdaleia zulloi
Type specimen: GSC 85277. Its type locality is GSC 28946 (SE-S52.1.56), Arctic Lake, Stikine, which is in an Asselian 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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