Porites baracoaensis Vaughan, 1919.
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Photograph: (Foster, 1986, plt. 17, fig. 3) Scale bar is approx. 1 mm. Image is of NMB D5812 (NMB locality 16883, Río Gurabo, Gurabo Formation, Dominican Republic. Late Miocene).
Synonyms: Porites baracoaensis Vaughan, 1919, (Porites
baracoaensis var. matazasensis Vaughan, 1919, ?Porites
douvillei Vaughan, 1919.
Morphologic Description:
Colony Form: plocoidColony Shape: branchingColony Size: intermediate branches, 10-20 mm thickCorallite Distribution: evenBudding Type: extramural Corallite Diameter: <1.2 mm Calical Relief: low, <0.3 mm in elevationSepta Per Corallite: 12 Lobes: paliformNumber of Pali: 5-6 Palar Ring: intermediate, 40-40%Columella Structure: trabecular and discontinuousColumella Development: weak Wall Structure: synapticulothecal Single or Compound Wall: single, 1 trabecula
Holotype: USNM 325069 (USGS Locality 3476, Baracoa, Cuba. Late Pliocene.)
Distribution:
Late Early Miocene: Emperador Limestone, Panama; Anguilla Formation, Anguilla. Middle Miocene: Unda core (BDP), Bahamas. Late Miocene: Manzanilla Formation, Trinidad; Lirio Limestone, Mona. Late Miocene: Cercado Formation, Dominican Republic. Late Miocene to Early Pliocene: Gurabo Formation, Dominican Republic. Early Pliocene: Mao Formation, Dominican Republic; Brazo Seco, Costa Rica. Early Late Pliocene: Bowden Formation, Jamaica. Late Pliocene: Moin Formation, Costa Rica. Late Late Pliocene: Old Pera Beds, Jamaica; Unda core (BDP), Bahamas. Plio-Pleistocene: Matanzas, Cuba; Unda core (DBP), Bahamas; Moin Formation, Costa Rica.