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Petalaxis branisai
Taxonomy
Stylastraea branisai was named by Wilson (1990). Its type specimen is USNM 440846 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Colquencha Area, Branisa Collection, which is in an Artinskian carbonate limestone in the Copacabana Formation of Bolivia.
It was recombined as Petalaxis branisai by Fedorowski et al. (2007).
It was recombined as Petalaxis branisai by Fedorowski et al. (2007).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1990 | Stylastraea branisai Wilson p. 67 figs. 8.5-8.8, 9.1-9.3 |
| 2007 | Petalaxis branisai Fedorowski et al. p. 165 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Petalaxis branisai Wilson 1990
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Sakmarian to the top of the Artinskian or 293.52000 to 283.30000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Sakmarian | Bolivia (La Paz) | Stylastraea branisai (75751) | |
| Artinskian | Bolivia | Stylastraea branisai (type locality: 95355) |