Discoporella new species 1
Photograph: Locality is NMB 15805 (Rio Gurabo, Gurabo Formation,
Dominican Republic), Miocene, NN12.
Occurrence:
- Dominican Republic Project: NMB localities 15804, 15805, 15809,
15812, 15814, 15815, 15823, 15835, 15836, 15842, 15846, 15860, 15863--15865,
15869, 15871, 15873, 15874, 15876, 15878, 15881, 15882, 15890, 15895--15897,
15900, 15901, 15903, 15904, 15906, 15907, 15910--15912, 15914--15916, 15929,
15933, 15934, 15936--15944, 15946, 15947, 15952, 15962, 15964, 15965, 15968,
15969, 16167, 16186, 16191, 16192, 16802, 16810, 16817, 16818, 16824, 16827,
16828, 16837, 16838, 16842, 16854, 16856, 16857, 16859, 16860, 16862, 16865,
16879, 16910, 16912--16918, 16922--16924, 16926--16930, 16932, 17175, 17268,
17269.
- Tulane University: localities 1225, 1227A, 1293, 1294.
- U.S. Geological Survey: localities 8525, 8702.
- Panama Paleontology Project: localities 39, 42, 63--65, 72,
146, 200--208, 212--214, 295, 298, 306.
Comments: Growth determinate, regeneration rare; zooids large;
cryptocyst with central pores; opesia with pair of small denticles.
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Last updated January 27, 1998-agc.