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Petalaxis parvus

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Petalaxidae

Taxonomy
Petalaxis parvus was named by Bamber and Fedorowski (1998). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is GSC C-179734, W Blind Fiord, Ellesmere Island, which is in a Kasimovian shallow subtidal limestone in the Nansen Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Petalaxis parvus 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
speciesparvus

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 parvus Bamber and Fedorowski 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available