Anthozoa - Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae
Alternative combination: Waagenophyllum novaezelandiae
Full reference: H. Leed. 1956. Permian reef-building corals from north Auckland Peninsula. New Zealand Geological Survey Palaeontological Bulletin 25:15-24
Belongs to Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) according to M. Minato and M. Kato 1965
See also Leed 1956
Sister taxa: Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) akasakense, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) asperum, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) carinatum, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) ciliense, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) compactum, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) crassiseptum, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) elegantulum, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) gyanyimaense, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) huangi, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) indicum, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) intermedium, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) kueichowense, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) longiseptatum, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) minutum, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) ngariense, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) okinawense, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) oriensis, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) polyseptatum, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) pulchrum, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) ramosum, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) simplex, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) smithi, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) tachtabulasicum, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) virgalense, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) yini, Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) yunnanense
Type specimen: NZGS CO1261. Its type locality is GS5074, Marble Bay, Northland, which is in a Capitanian marine limestone in the Marble Unit Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at GS5074, Marble Bay, Northland
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