NMITA:Neogene Marine Biota of Tropical America

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Diploria zambensis Budd and Johnson, 1998

Holotype: NMB D6018

Morphologic Description:

Meander series sinuosity: gently curved

Colony size: medium (10-30cm)

Attachment of skeleton: attached

Epitheca: reduced

Wall development between buds: most

Symmetry of bud geometry: multi-directional

Calice or valley width: medium (5-10mm)

Calice relief: medium (2-4mm)

Calicular platform shape: u-shaped

Coenosteum: wide (> valley width)

Exothecal dissepiments: present

Number of septal cycles: >4

Septal spacing (per 5mm): 6-12

Relative septa thickness: equal

Relative costae thickness: equal

Continuity of costae: dis-continuous

Septal lobes: absent

Paliform lobes: absent

Columella continuity: continuous

Columella width: 1/2

Endothecal dissepiments: few

Wall structure: septothecal

Double or single wall: single

Distribution:

Late Miocene to Early Pliocene : Gurabo Fm., Rio Gurabo, Dominican Republic;

Early Pliocene : Gurabo Fm., Rio Cana, Dominican Republic; Mao Fm., Rio Cana, Dominican Republic;

Early Pliocene to Late Pliocene : Mao Fm., Rio Cana, Dominican Republic; Mao Fm., Rio Gurabo, Dominican Republic; Seroe Domi Fm., St. Michiel ridges, Curacao; Seroe Domi Fm., St. Michiel ridges, Curacao;

Late Pliocene : Bowden Fm., Bowden Shell Beds, Jamaica;