Description of the species Discoporella new species 4

Discoporella new species 4

Photograph: Locality is NMB 17290 (Rio Yaque del Norte, Baitoa Formation, Dominican Republic), Miocene, NN4-6.

Occurrence:

Dominican Republic Project: NMB localities 16935, 16936, 16938, 16942, 17184, 17190, 17265, 17283--17290, 17322, 17327.
Olsson: locality 179.

Comments: Growth indeterminate, regeneration common; zooids small; cryptocyst rarely with central pores; opesia with many fine denticles.

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Last updated January 27, 1998-agc.