Flabellum planus Squires 1962 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Flabellidae

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 Flabellum according to D. F. Squires 1962

Sister taxa: Flabellum acutum, Flabellum alloiteaui, Flabellum anderssoni, Flabellum apertum, Flabellum appendiculatum, Flabellum asperum, Flabellum austriacum, Flabellum avicula, Flabellum basteroti, Flabellum californicum, Flabellum carenatum, Flabellum chevalieri, Flabellum chipolanum, Flabellum chouberti, Flabellum circulum, Flabellum clarki, Flabellum clavaeformis, Flabellum conoideum, Flabellum cristatum, Flabellum cuneifome, Flabellum cuneiforme, Flabellum curtum, Flabellum deludens, Flabellum dubium, Flabellum elongatum, Flabellum extensum, Flabellum fastigatum, Flabellum foecundum, Flabellum fresnoense, Flabellum gippslandicum, Flabellum grangense, Flabellum hemmoorense, Flabellum hertleini, Flabellum insulindae, Flabellum intermedium, Flabellum irregulare, Flabellum johnsoni, Flabellum krejcii, Flabellum laevissimum, Flabellum lerchi, Flabellum lobatum, Flabellum medioplicatum, Flabellum microscriptum, Flabellum miriaensis, Flabellum mortoni, Flabellum multifore, Flabellum oregonense, Flabellum pavoninum, Flabellum peolae, Flabellum pompeckji, Flabellum poseidonis, Flabellum rariseptatum, Flabellum rhomboideum, Flabellum roissyanum, Flabellum sandiegoense, Flabellum senesi, Flabellum siciliense, Flabellum sinense, Flabellum stantoni, Flabellum striatum, Flabellum thouarsii, Flabellum transversale, Flabellum tuberculatum, Flabellum variabile, Flabellum vaticani, Flabellum vindobonense, Flabellum wailesii, Flabellum zejszneri, Flabellum zuffardii

Type specimen: Its type locality is N 28, GS 1189 Pakaurangi Point, Kaipara, which is in an Altonian coastal limestone/siliciclastic in the Pakaurangi Formation of New Zealand

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at N 28, GS 1189 Pakaurangi Point, Kaipara

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