Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
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 Notocyathus according to D. F. Squires 1962
Sister taxa: Notocyathus conicus, Notocyathus pedicellatus, Notocyathus subviola, Notocyathus viola
Type specimen: Its type locality is S117, GS 476, 483, 486, 1341 Wharekuri, Waitaki Valley, which is in a Duntroonian coastal sandstone in the Wharekuri Greensand Formation of New Zealand
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal microcarnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of New Zealand (2 collections)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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