†Bantamia condocostata Squires 1958 (stony coral)
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Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oculinidae
Full reference: D. F. Squires. 1958. The Cretaceous and Tertiary corals of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 29:1-107
Belongs to Bantamia according to R. Baron-Szabo 2006
Sister taxa: Bantamia gerthi, Bantamia hiraigaensis, Bantamia tingriensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is N19/571 Mangahu Stream, which is in a Piripauan marine horizon in New Zealand
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at N19/571 Mangahu Stream
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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