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Petilavenula

Anthozoa - Gorgonacea

Taxonomy
Petilavenula was named by Cope (2005). It is not extant. Its type is Petilavenula varifurcata.

It was assigned to Gorgonida by Cope (2005).

Species
P. surculosa, P. varifurcata (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Petilavenula Cope

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
RankNameAuthor
subclassOctocorallia
orderGorgonaceaLamouroux 1816
genusPetilavenula

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.

G. †Petilavenula Cope 2005
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-11 22:09:29
Modified: 2009-05-12 00:09:29
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Moridunian to the top of the Whitlandian or 477.70000 to 470.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moridunian477.7 - 473.8United Kingdom (Wales) P. varifurcata (87601)
Whitlandian473.8 - 470.7United Kingdom (Wales) P. surculosa (87603)