†Tortoflabellum flemingi Squires 1958 (stony coral)
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Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
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 Tortoflabellum according to D. F. Squires 1958
Sister taxa: Tortoflabellum compressum, Tortoflabellum diacantoniae, Tortoflabellum elatum, Tortoflabellum marwicki, Parnassomeandra steuberi
Type specimen: Its type locality is N166/664 Adams River, which is in a Tongaporutuan marine mudstone in New Zealand
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of New Zealand (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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