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Cystolonsdaleia guaspariniae

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Petalaxidae

Taxonomy
Petalaxis guaspariniae was named by Stevens and Rycerski (1989). Its type specimen is GSC 85277 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC 28946 (SE-S52.1.56), Arctic Lake, Stikine, which is in an Asselian shallow subtidal limestone in Canada.

It was recombined as Cystolonsdaleia guaspariniae by Fedorowski et al. (2007).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Petalaxis guaspariniae Stevens and Rycerski p. 178 figs. 13.6-13.8
2007Cystolonsdaleia guaspariniae Fedorowski et al. p. 169 figs. Pl 15, figs 7-11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
familyPetalaxidaeFomichev 1953
genusCystolonsdaleiaFomichev 1953
speciesguaspariniae()

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 guaspariniae Stevens and Rycerski 1989
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Diagnosis
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