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Petalaxis multilamellatus

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Petalaxidae

Taxonomy
Petalaxis multilamellatus was named by Bamber and Fedorowski (1998). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is GSC C-179721-C-179727, NE Trold Fiord, Ellesmere Island, which is in a Moscovian shallow subtidal limestone in the Canyon Fiord Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. sandoi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Petalaxis multilamellatus 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
speciesmultilamellatus

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 multilamellatus Bamber and Fedorowski 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available