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Petalaxidae

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Petalaxidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Petalaxidae Fomichev
1981Petalaxidae Hill
1983Petalaxidae Sando p. 23
1998Petalaxidae Bamber and Fedorowski

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

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. †Petalaxidae Fomichev 1953
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G. †Cystolonsdaleia Fomichev 1953
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†Cystolonsdaleia arctica Bamber and Fedorowski 1998
†Cystolonsdaleia carteri Bamber and Fedorowski 1998
†Cystolonsdaleia danneri Stevens 2009
†Cystolonsdaleia guaspariniae Stevens and Rycerski 1989
†Cystolonsdaleia neriae Stevens and Rycerski 1989
†Cystolonsdaleia zulloi Wilson 1982
G. †Huanglongophyllum Yü 1976
G. †Ivanovia Dobrolyubova 1935
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†Ivanovia irania Flügel 1994
Invalid names: Benxiphyllum [synonym]
G. †Lithostrotionella Yabe and Hayasaka 1915
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Subg. †Lithostrotionella (Hillia) Groot 1963
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†Hillia formosa Guo 1983
†Hillia languida Guo 1983
†Lithostrotionella americana Hayasaka 1936
G. †Lytvophyllum Dobrolyubova 1941
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†Lytvophyllum flexuosum Zhu and Zhao 1992
†Lytvophyllum hongi Wilson 1982
†Lytvophyllum mongeri Stevens and Rycerski 1989
†Lytvophyllum sustutense Fedorowski et al. 2007
†Lytvophyllum tschernowi Soshkina 1925
†Lytvophyllum wersonae Stevens and Rycerski 1989
G. †Omaniphyllum Blendinger and Flügel 1990
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†Omaniphyllum hawasinum Blendinger and Flügel 1990
G. †Paralithostrotion Gorskiy 1938
G. †Petalaxis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1852
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†Petalaxis allisonae Wilson 1982
†Petalaxis baculatus Bamber and Fedorowski 1998
†Petalaxis bailliei Nelson 1960
†Petalaxis beauchampi Bamber and Fedorowski 1998
†Petalaxis belinskiensis Fomichev 1953
†Petalaxis besti Wilson 1982
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Invalid names: Petalaxis kennedyi Wilson 1982 [synonym], Petalaxis pecki Wilson 1982 [synonym]
†Petalaxis branisai Wilson 1990
†Petalaxis cantabrica de Groot 1963
†Petalaxis celadensis de Groot 1963
†Petalaxis confertus Kozyreva 1974
†Petalaxis crassicolumnus Bamber and Fedorowski 1998
†Petalaxis donbassica Fomichev 1939
†Petalaxis donetsensis Sando 1983
†Petalaxis ellesmerensis Bamber and Fedorowski 1998
†Petalaxis elyensis Wilson and Langenheim, Jr. 1962
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Invalid names: Lithostrotionella brokawi Wilson and Langenheim, Jr. 1962 [synonym]
†Petalaxis evidens Kozyreva 1974
†Petalaxis exiguus Sando 1983
†Petalaxis exilis Kozyreva 1974
†Petalaxis flexuosus Trautschold 1879
†Petalaxis fomichevi Sando 1983
†Petalaxis grootae Sando 1983
†Petalaxis immanis Kozyreva 1974
†Petalaxis intermedius de Groot 1963
†Petalaxis ivanovi Dobrolyubova 1935
†Petalaxis korkhovae Kozyreva 1974
†Petalaxis lisitschanskensis Fomichev 1953
†Petalaxis maccoyanus Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
†Petalaxis major de Groot 1963
†Petalaxis mirus Kozyreva 1974
†Petalaxis mohikanus Fomichev 1939
†Petalaxis mokomokensis Easton 1960
†Petalaxis monocyclicus de Groot 1963
†Petalaxis multilamellatus Bamber and Fedorowski 1998
†Petalaxis occidentalis Merriam 1942
†Petalaxis orboensis de Groot 1963
†Petalaxis parvus Bamber and Fedorowski 1998
†Petalaxis perapertuensis de Groot 1963
†Petalaxis persubtilis Kozyreva 1974
†Petalaxis radians de Groot 1963
†Petalaxis santaemariae de Groot 1963
†Petalaxis sexangulus de Groot 1963
†Petalaxis simplex Hayasaka 1936
†Petalaxis stylaxis Trautschold 1879
†Petalaxis sutherlandi Wilson 1982
†Petalaxis tabulatus Hayasaka 1936
†Petalaxis taishakuensis Yokoyama 1957
†Petalaxis thorsteinssoni Bamber and Fedorowski 1998
†Petalaxis tschucoticus Onoprienko 1976
†Petalaxis vesiculosus Dobrolyubova 1935
†Petalaxis wagneri de Groot 1963
†Petalaxis wyomingensis Sando 1983
Invalid names: Grootia Yu 1984 [synonym]
G. †Protoivanovia Yu 1977
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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: base of the Osagean to the top of the Wordian or 352.00000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (162 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Mississippian358.9 - 346.7USA (California) Lithostrotionella sp. (226426)
Kinderhookian - Osagean358.9 - 343.0USA (Nevada) Lithostrotionella castelnaui (5752)
Kinderhookian - Osagean358.9 - 343.0USA (Utah) Lithostrotionella americana (5756)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (Idaho) Lithostrotionella sp. (184607)
Carboniferous358.9 - 298.9USA (Georgia) Lithostrotionella castelnaui (164685)
Carboniferous358.9 - 298.9USA (Montana) Lithostrotionella microstylum Grity (12771)
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (California) Lithostrotionella sp. (226820)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (Alaska) Lithostrotionella sp. (36606)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (Idaho) Lithostrotionella pennsylvanicum (12824) Lithostrotionella sp. (12834)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (Virginia) Lithostrotionella prolifera (7001)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5Canada (Alberta) Lithostrotionella bailliei (62569) Lithostrotionella banffensis (62395 62397 62399 62402) Lithostrotionella shimeri (62581) Lithostrotionella sp. (62567 62578 62580)
Meramecian - Chesterian343.0 - 323.2USA (Idaho) Lithostrotionella stelcki (12901)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0Turkey Lithostrotion maccoyanum (134296)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0United Kingdom (England) Lithostrotion maccoyanum (73389 76661)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0Ireland Lithostrotion maccoyanum (76713)
Asbian - Brigantian340.0 - 330.9Morocco Lithostrotion maccoyanum (99682 228328)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (England) Lithostrotion maccoyanum (73390 73394 73399)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9Ireland Lithostrotion maccoyanum (34833)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9Morocco Lithostrotion maccoyanum (79404)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9Ireland (Carlow) Lithostrotion maccoyanum (79120 79122)
Brigantian - Serpukhovian336.0 - 323.2Russian Federation Lytvophyllum sp., Paralithostrotion jermolaevi (78798)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Idaho) Lithostrotionella sp. (13084 13086 13087 13088)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2Morocco Lithostrotion maccoyanum (234350)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2Japan Petalaxis sp. (76322)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2USA (Alaska) Lithostrotionella banffensis (158049 158065 158066) Lithostrotionella sp. (158069) Lithostrotionella sp. A (158083)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2Morocco Cystolonsdaleia sp. (234424) P. sp. (224724)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2China (Xinjiang) Petalaxis kitakamiensis (234333)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2Algeria Ivanovia sp. (134942)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2Japan Ivanovia sp., Petalaxis sp. (76321)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2Ukraine Lytvophyllum dobrolyubovae (151323)
Bashkirian - Moscovian323.2 - 307.0China (Nei Mongol) Lithostrotionella ivanovi, Hillia lithostrotionelloidea, Hillia intermedia (78558)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0China Ivanovia sp. (206348)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen Petalaxis sp. B, Petalaxis sp. C, Petalaxis sp. E (75724)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Ukraine Ivanovia sp. (151327) Petalaxis sp. (151328 151331)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Japan Ivanovia podolskiensis, Ivanovia eguchii (49730 49731) Ivanovia sp. (24136) Petalaxis sandoi (67702)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Canada (Nunavut) Cystolonsdaleia arctica (76959 76960) Cystolonsdaleia sp. (76949) Petalaxis crassicolumnus, Petalaxis ellesmerensis, Petalaxis multilamellatus (76946) Petalaxis donbassicus (76928 76929 76931 76932 76958) Petalaxis ellesmerensis (76948) Petalaxis sp., Petalaxis crassicolumnus (76930) Petalaxis thorsteinssoni (76961 76962)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Spain Ivanovia podolskiensis (46492)
Kashirian313.8 - 311.45Canada (Nunavut) Petalaxis crassicolumnus, Petalaxis beauchampi (76952) Petalaxis crassicolumnus, Petalaxis ellesmerensis (76954) Petalaxis mcoyanus, Petalaxis donbassicus, Petalaxis crassicolumnus (76951)
Kashirian - Podolskian313.8 - 309.0Canada (Nunavut) Petalaxis crassicolumnus, Petalaxis ellesmerensis (76940 76942) Petalaxis ellesmerensis, Petalaxis beauchampi (76943)
Podolskian311.45 - 309.0Canada (Nunavut) Petalaxis donbassicus (76965) Petalaxis ellesmerensis (76964) Petalaxis thorsteinssoni (76935)
Podolskian - Myachkovian311.45 - 307.0Canada (Nunavut) Petalaxis thorsteinssoni (76966)
Myachkovian309.0 - 307.0Canada (Nunavut) Petalaxis beauchampi (76936) Petalaxis thorsteinssoni (76945 76955)
Stephanian307.5 - 300.4China (Nei Mongol) Cystolonsdaleia obesa, Cystolonsdaleia hormos, Hillia formosa, Hillia languida, Hillia perapertuensis, Hillia intermedia (78560) Ivanovia sp. (78561)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7Canada (Nunavut) Cystolonsdaleia carteri, Petalaxis elyensis (76956) Petalaxis baculatus (76938) Petalaxis parvus (76967)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) Lithostrotionella sp. (43547)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9China (Guizhou) Ivanovia manchurica (106534)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5China (Jiangsu) Paralithostrotion jiangsuense (100812) Protoivanovia regularis (100833)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Nevada) Eastonoides elyensis, Lithostrotionella brokawi (120692) Petalaxis elyensis (108113)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5China (Jiangxi) Protoivanovia pengzeensis, Protoivanovia dupliformis (100792)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5China (Zhejiang) Cystolonsdaleia vesiculosa (100807)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Canada (British Columbia) Cystolonsdaleia danneri (118831) Cystolonsdaleia guaspariniae, Cystolonsdaleia neriae (107924) Cystolonsdaleia neriae (107918 107926) Lytvophyllum mongeri (75827) Lytvophyllum sp. (120764) Lytvophyllum sustutense, Lytvophyllum wersonae (107902) Petalaxis besti (107896 107900 107952) Petalaxis guaspariniae, Petalaxis neriae (75828) Petalaxis sutherlandi (107919 107920)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5China (Guangxi) Grootia sp. (95831 95839)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Alaska) Lytvophyllum hongi (108147 108148)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (California) Petalaxis allisonae (62663) Petalaxis besti (62671 62672)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1USA (Alaska) Lytvophyllum hongi (108145 108146)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1China (Jiangsu) Lytvophyllum insolitum (100832) Protoivanovia tunglingensis (100778)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1USA (California) Lytvophyllum sp. 1 (118833) Petalaxis occidentalis (118835)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1China (Anhui) Lytvophyllum insolitum (100831)
Asselian - Artinskian298.9 - 279.3China (Jiangsu) Lytvophyllum insolitum (100811)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (California) Petalaxis exiguus (108149) Petalaxis kennedyi (62677 62678 62682) Petalaxis kennedyi, Petalaxis pecki (62683) Petalaxis occidentalis (107846) Petalaxis pecki (62684) Petalaxis sutherlandi (62685)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Bolivia (La Paz) Stylastraea branisai (75751)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1China (Jiangxi) Ivanovia paratypica (121536) Lytvophyllum flexuosum (121726) Lytvophyllum sp. (121724)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Canada (British Columbia) Lytvophyllum wersonae (75826)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Nevada) Petalaxis exiguus (107965 108036)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3China (Guangxi) Petalaxis guiensis, Petalaxis yishanensis, Petalaxis kennedyi (132985)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Bolivia Stylastraea branisai (95355)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3China (Xinjiang) Ivanovia sp. (95730)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Nevada) Lithostrotion mokomokensis (107561 107577 107579) Lytvophyllum sp. 2 (118836) Petalaxis occidentalis (108016)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (California) Petalaxis occidentalis (120709 120710 120711)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Oregon) Lithostrotion berthiaumi (113052) Lithostrotion occidentalis (41247 113051)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Oman Omaniphyllum hawasinum (82200)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Tunisia (Madanin) Ivanovia sp. (42091)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Iran Ivanovia irania (108493)