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Collatipora discreta
Taxonomy
Collatipora discreta was named by Finks (1960). Its type specimen is AMNH 28094 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is AMNH389, Bell Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Capitanian slope limestone in the Bell Canyon Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Collatipora.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1960 | Collatipora discreta Finks p. 81 figs. Pl 21, fig 6; pl 22, figs 1-5; pl 24, fig 9 |
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†Collatipora discreta Finks 1960
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| R. M. Finks 1960 | Spheroidal or ellipsoidal; more than one ostial field; ostia large for genus, spicules grouped in bundles. |