Anthozoa - Octocorallia - Waiparaconidae

Alternative combination: Euscalpellum zelandicum

Synonyms: Euscalpellum antarcticum Withers 1951, Euscalpellum crassissimum Withers 1951

Full reference: T. H. Withers. 1951. Cretaceous and Eocene peduncles of the Cirripede Euscalpellum. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 1(5):149-162

Belongs to Waiparaconus according to J. S. Buckeridge 1993

See also Withers 1951

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

• Waiparaconus zelandicus: In43731, an other.
• Euscalpellum antarcticum: In. 43813, an other.
• Euscalpellum crassissimum: PRI 3412, an other. Its type locality is Boqueron, Bahia Inutil, which is in a Lutetian/Bartonian offshore shale in Chile.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Boqueron, Bahia Inutil (Eocene to Eocene of Chile)

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