Petalaxis grootae Sando 1983 (horn coral)

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Petalaxidae

Full reference: W. J. Sando. 1983. Revision of Lithostrotionella (Coelenterata, Rugosa) from the Carboniferous and Permian. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1247:1-52

Belongs to Petalaxis according to W. J. 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 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: RGM 112721

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Petalaxis grootae in the database

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