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Petalaxis baculatus

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Petalaxidae

Taxonomy
Petalaxis baculatus was named by Bamber and Fedorowski (1998). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is GSC C-10891, E Blind Fiord B, Ellesmere Island, which is in a Kasimovian marine limestone in the Canyon Fiord Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. sandoi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Petalaxis baculatus Bamber and Fedorowski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
familyPetalaxidaeFomichev 1953
genusPetalaxisMilne-Edwards and Haime 1852
speciesbaculatus

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 baculatus Bamber and Fedorowski 1998
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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: Kasimovian or 307.00000 to 303.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7Canada (Nunavut) Petalaxis baculatus (type locality: 76938)