†Rhizangia aotearoa Squires 1962 (stony coral)
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Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae
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 Rhizangia according to D. F. Squires 1962
Sister taxa: Rhizangia brevissima, Rhizangia martini, Rhizangia padricensis, Rhizangia sedgwicki
Type specimen: Its type locality is Chatton, which is in a Duntroonian/Waitakian marginal marine horizon in the Chatton Formation of New Zealand
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Chatton
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