Graphularia longissima Squires 1958 (sea pen)

Anthozoa - Pennatulacea

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 Graphularia according to D. F. Squires 1958

Sister taxa: Graphularia quadrata, Graphularia robinae, Graphularia salisburgensis, Graphularia sasai, Graphularia wetherelli

Type specimen: Its type locality is GS 484, S127 Pigeon Rock, which is in a Waitakian shallow subtidal limestone in the Otekaike Formation of New Zealand

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal microcarnivore

Distribution:

• Waitakian of New Zealand (1 collection)

• Oligocene of New Zealand (2)

• Eocene of New Zealand (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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