Porites convivatoris Foster, 1986.

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Photograph: (Foster, 1986, pl. 19, fig. 11) Scale bar is approx. 1.0 mm. Image is of NMB D5833 (NMB locality 16836, Río Cana, Cercado Formation, Dominican Republic. Late Miocene).

Synonyms: None.

Morphologic Description:

Colony Form: plocoid
Colony Shape: encrusting
Colony Size: small
Corallite Distribution: even
Budding Type: extramural
Corallite Diameter: 1.2-1.4 mm
Calical Relief: intermediate, 0.3-0.5 mm in elevation
Septa Per Corallite: 12
Relative Septum Length: long ventral septa
Lobes: paliform
Number of Pali: 2-4
Palar Ring: narrow < 30 % (long ventral septa)
Columella Structure: trabecular and discontinuous
Columella Development: intermediate, (columella=pali)
Wall Structure: synapticulothecal
Single or Compound Wall: either, 1-2 trabeculae

Holotype: NMB D5830 (NMB Locality 16852, Río Cana, Cercado Formation, Dominican Republic. Late Miocene).

Distribution:

Late Miocene: Cercado Formation, Dominican Republic.
Early Pliocene: Gurabo Formation, Dominican Republic.