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Petalaxis crassicolumnus

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Petalaxidae

Taxonomy
Petalaxis crassicolumnus was named by Bamber and Fedorowski (1998). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is GSC C-179729, S Trold Fiord, Ellesmere Island, which is in a Kashirian/Podolskian shallow subtidal limestone in the Canyon Fiord Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Petalaxis crassicolumnus 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
speciescrassicolumnus

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 crassicolumnus 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: Kashirian or 313.80000 to 311.45000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Canada (Nunavut) Petalaxis crassicolumnus (76930 76946)
Kashirian313.8 - 311.45Canada (Nunavut) Petalaxis crassicolumnus (76951 76952 76954)
Kashirian - Podolskian313.8 - 309.0Canada (Nunavut) Petalaxis crassicolumnus (type locality: 76940 76942)