Description of the species Discoporella new species 2

Discoporella new species 2

Photograph: Locality is NMB 15864 (Rio Gurabo, Gurabo Formation, Dominican Republic), Miocene, NN11.

Occurrence:

Dominican Republic Project: NMB localities 15804, 15805, 15809, 15812, 15814, 15815, 15835, 15838, 15860, 15864, 15865, 15869, 15874, 15934, 15944, 15946, 15952, 15962, 15964, 16810, 16854, 16856, 17024.

Comments: Growth determinate, regeneration rare; colony base concave; zooids small; cryptocyst without central pores; opesia smooth.

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Last updated January 27, 1998-agc.