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Cystolonsdaleia arctica

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Petalaxidae

Taxonomy
Cystolonsdaleia arctica was named by Bamber and Fedorowski (1998). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is GSC C-193090, Agassiz Ice Cap, Ellesmere Island, which is in a Moscovian marine limestone in the Belcher Channel Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. vesiculosa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Cystolonsdaleia arctica 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
genusCystolonsdaleiaFomichev 1953
speciesarctica

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.

†Cystolonsdaleia arctica Bamber and Fedorowski 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available