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Petilavenula surculosa

Anthozoa - Gorgonacea

Taxonomy
Petilavenula surculosa was named by Cope (2005). Its type locality is Pont ar Ffinnant, Whitlandian, which is in a Whitlandian offshore shale in the Afon Ffinnant Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Petilavenula surculosa Cope

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

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.

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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: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Whitlandian or 473.80000 to 470.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Whitlandian473.8 - 470.7United Kingdom (Wales) Petilavenula surculosa (type locality: 87603)