Stiboriopsis jamaicaensis Vaughan, 1899

Baron-Szabo, Rosemarie C., 2008, Dendrophylliina, Caryophylliina, Fungiina, Microsolenina, and Stylinina, Zootaxa 1952, pp. 1-244 : 120-121

Stiboriopsis jamaicaensis Vaughan, 1899

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*1899 Stiboriopsis jamaicaensis , sp. nov.: Vaughan, p. 238, pl. 38, figs 2–4.

v1951a Andemantastraea ambatryensis nov. sp.: Alloiteau, p. 48, pl. 8, figs 3–4.

2000 Stiboriopsis jamaicaensis, Vaughan 1899 : Löser, p. 74.

2002 Stiboriopsis jamaicaensis Vaughan, 1899 : Baron-Szabo, p. 107, text-fig. 37.

Dimensions. d (max., isolated corallites): 7–9 mm; d (series, wall-wall): 3.5– 7 mm; s (isolated corallites): 24+s4; s/mm: 20/10.

Description. Massive, subthamnasterioid colony, subplocoid when corallites isolated, or corallites arranged in meandroid series; calicinal series generally short, consisting of 3–4 corallites; costosepta arranged in 3 complete cycles, with the beginning of a fourth cycle; corallites united by their costae or separated by up to 2 mm wide intercalicinal spaces formed by exothecal dissepiments.

Type locality of species. Campanian (-? Maastrichtian ) and Eocene of Jamaica (Blue Mountain series) .

Distribution. Campanian (-?Maastrichtian) and Eocene of Jamaica (Blue Mountain series), Maastrichtian of Madagascar (Betioky).