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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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:55:09
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:57
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Rawtheyan to the top of the Silurian or 448.80000 to 419.20000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cautleyan - Rawtheyan449.2 - 445.2United Kingdom (Wales) P. sp. (8291)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (England) P. sp. (3667)
Rawtheyan - Hirnantian448.8 - 443.4United Kingdom (Wales) P. sp. (8292)
Silurian443.8 - 419.2USA (Oklahoma) P. sp. (528)
Pridoli - Lochkovian423.0 - 410.8Austria P. laevis (13913)