Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Full reference: D. F. Squires. 1962. Additional Cretaceous and Tertiary corals from New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Geology 1(9):133-150
Belongs to Tortoflabellum according to Squires 1962
Sister taxa: Tortoflabellum compressum, Tortoflabellum diacantoniae, Tortoflabellum elatum, Tortoflabellum flemingi, Parnassomeandra steuberi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Hokianga South Head, which is in an Altonian marine horizon in New Zealand
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of New Zealand (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Jamaica (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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