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Petraia

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Petraiidae

Taxonomy
Petraia was named by Münster (1839) [Sepkoski's age data: S Ludl D Fame-u Sepkoski's reference number: 680]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Petraiidae by Hill (1956); and to Rugosa by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Petraia Münster
1956Petraia Hill
2002Petraia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderMetriophyllinaSpasskiy 1965
familyPetraiidaede Koninck 1872
genusPetraiaMünster 1839

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. †Petraia Münster 1839
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available