CC species number = 12
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Photograph: Scale bar is 4 mm. Image is of holotype (UF 8920).
Synonyms: None.
Holotype: UF 8920 (Locality: Chipola Formation, Florida. Early Miocene).
| Character | State |
|---|---|
| Colony Form | plocoid |
| Colony Shape | massive, irregular |
| Colony Size | massive, 10-35 cm (*) |
| Colony Surface | bumpy with blunt swellings (*) |
| Budding Type | mostly extramural |
| Corallite Diameter | 0.8-1.0 mm (*) |
| Calical Surface Shape | circular |
| Calical Rim | flattened |
| Coenosteum Width | narrow, << corallite diameter (*) |
| Coenosteum Surface | granulations |
| Septa Per Corallite | 6 primary, weak secondaries |
| Columella Structure | styliform |
| Columella Development | weak |
| Wall Structure | septothecal |
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