NMITA:Neogene Marine Biota of Tropical America 

 
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Caulastraea portoricensis (Coryell, 1929) 

Synonymy: 

Holotype: AMNH 23000

Morphologic Description: 
Colony size: large (>30cm)
Attachment of skeleton: attached
Branch distance: 3-5mm
Epitheca: absent
Wall development between buds: always
Symmetry of bud geometry: multi-directional
Calice or valley width: medium (5-10mm)
Calice relief: low (<2mm)
Calicular platform shape: u-shaped
Coenosteum: absent
Exothecal dissepiments: absent
Number of septal cycles: <4
Septal spacing (per 5mm): 6-12
Relative septa thickness: unequal
Relative costae thickness: equal
Septal lobes: absent
Paliform lobes: absent
Columella continuity: continuous
Columella width: <=1/4
Endothecal dissepiments: rare
Wall structure: septothecal
Double or single wall: single
Distribution: 
Early Pliocene : Mao Fm., Rio Gurabo, Dominican Republic; Seroe Domi Fm., Salina St. Michiel, Curacao; 
Early Pliocene to Late Pliocene : Mao Fm., Rio Gurabo, Dominican Republic; Seroe Domi Fm., St. Michiel ridges, Curacao; 
Early Pliocene to Early Pleistocene : Shark's Hole Fm., Isla Colon, Panama; 
Late Pliocene : Bowden Fm., Bowden Shell Beds, Jamaica; Q.Chocolate Fm., Buenos Aires, Costa Rica; Q.Chocolate Fm., Buenos Aires, Costa Rica; Q.Chocolate Fm., Buenos Aires, Costa Rica; Q.Chocolate Fm., Buenos Aires, Costa Rica; Q.Chocolate Fm., Buenos Aires, Costa Rica; 514-539fbmp, BDP Core Clino, Bahamas; Hope Gate Fm., Rio Bueno, Jamaica; Hope Gate Fm., Rio Bueno, Jamaica; Hope Gate Fm., Rio Bueno, Jamaica; Hope Gate Fm., Rio Bueno, Jamaica; Moin Fm., Pueblo Nuevo, Costa Rica; Moin Fm., Pueblo Nuevo, Costa Rica; Moin Fm., Pueblo Nuevo, Costa Rica; 272-342fbmp, BDP Core Unda, Bahamas; 342-355fbmp, BDP Core Unda, Bahamas; 
Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene : 445-484fbmp, BDP Core Clino, Bahamas; Moin Fm., Lomas del Mar, Costa Rica; 'Old Pera' beds, Pera Point, Jamaica; Moin Fm., Portete, Costa Rica; Moin Fm., Portete, Costa Rica; Seroe Domi Fm., St. Michiel seacliff, Curacao; High Terrace, Airport Terraces, Curacao; 259-272fbmp, BDP Core Unda, Bahamas; 
Early Pleistocene : Manchioneal Fm., Port Antonio, Jamaica;

Last updated on June 16, 1998-kgj.

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