Dichocoenia caloosahatcheensis Weisbord, 1974.

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CC species number = 145

Photograph: Scale bar is approx. 5.0 mm. Image is of USNM 325299.

Synonyms: None.

Morphologic Description:

Colony Form: plocoid
Colony Form: massive
Atachment of skeleton: pedicel
Series Length: short
Series Characteristics: one to two centers
Budding Type: intramural
Corallite Diameter: 4.5-5.0 mm one to two centers
Lobes: none
Columella Structure: trabecular and continuous
Wall Structure: septothecal

Holotype: USNM 325299A (USGS Locality 3206: Caloosahatchee Formation, Florida).

Distribution:

Early Pliocene: Mao Formation, Dominican Republic.
early Late Pliocene: Pinecrest Sandstone, Florida.
Late Pliocene:Caloosahatchee Formation, Florida.