NMITA: Neogene Marine Biota of Tropical America

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Galaxea Oken, 1815.

Morphologic Description: massive, plocoid, no columella.

Morphologic Diagnosis: Colony Form: plocoid Colony Shape: massive Budding: intramural Columella: none Corallite Size: medium (1.5 - 10mm) Wall Structure: septothecal Lobes: none

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Species (1 total):

G. excelsa Weisbord, 1973; CC species #152(extinct).



To view a close-up of a corallites, same specimen, scale is approx.1.0 mm.

Photograph: Scale bar is approx. 5 mm. Image is of NMB D6010. (NMB locality 15855. Late Miocene)

Synonyms: None.

Morphology:

Colony Form: plocoid
Colony Shape: massive
Budding Type:intramural
Corallite Diameter: 1.9-5.4 mm
Septa Per Corallite: <24 septa
Lobes: none
Columella Structure: absent
Wall Structure: septothecal

Distribution:

Early Miocene: Tampa Formation, Florida.
Late Miocene: Gurabo Formation, Dominican Republic.

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Last updated on October 24, 1996-afb.

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