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Petraiidae

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Petraiidae

Taxonomy
Petraiidae was named by de Koninck (1872).

It was assigned to Cyathaxoniicae by Hill (1956); and to Metriophyllina by Hill (1981).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Petraiidae de Koninck
1956Petraiidae Hill
1981Petraiidae Hill

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderMetriophyllinaSpasskiy 1965
familyPetraiidaede Koninck 1872
familyPetraiidaede Koninck 1872

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.

Fm. †Petraiidae de Koninck 1872
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G. †Haptophyllum Pedder 1967
G. †Petraia Münster 1839
G. †Petraiella Rozkowska 1969
G. †Protozaphrentis Yü 1957
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:55:09
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:57
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Cautleyan to the top of the Emsian or 449.50000 to 393.30000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rawtheyan455.8 - 445.6United Kingdom (England) Petraia sp. (3667)
Rawtheyan - Hirnantian455.8 - 443.4United Kingdom (Wales) Petraia sp. (8292)
Cautleyan - Rawtheyan449.5 - 445.6United Kingdom (Wales) Petraia sp. (8291)
Silurian443.4 - 419.2USA (Oklahoma) Petraia sp. (528)
Pridoli - Lochkovian423.0 - 410.8Austria Petraia laevis (13913)
Pragian - Emsian410.8 - 393.3Australia (Victoria) Haptophyllum erisma (25717)