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Petronella

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Metriophyllidae

Taxonomy
Petronella was named by Birenheide (1965) [Sepkoski's age data: D Eife]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Metriophyllidae by Hill (1981); and to Rugosa by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Petronella Birenheide
1981Petronella Hill
2002Petronella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderMetriophyllinaSpasskiy 1965
familyMetriophyllidaeHill 1939
genusPetronellaBirenheide 1965

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. †Petronella Birenheide 1965
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available