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Diplopora americana
Diplopora americana J.H. Johnson J. Paleontol., 25(1): 25. 1 Feb 1951
- Name
- Diplopora americana
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Diplopora
- Authors (Pub.)
- Johnson J. H.
- Publication
- Permian calcareous Algae from the Apache Mountains, Texas [1951/2]
- Journal
- Journal of Paleontology
- Volume
- 25
- Issue
- 1
- Page number
- 25
- Year
- 1951
- Fossil Status
- thallus (calcareous)
- Stratigraphy
- Permian
- Location
- Seven Heart Gap, Apache Mountains, Culberson County, Texas, USA
- Paleoregion
- Laurussia (Laurentia)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Colorado School of Mines, Golden, USA
- Repository Number
- Johnson Collection, Slide 1084
- Diagnosis
- Thallus long, club-shaped; central stem of moderate thickness; primary branches in bundles of four, regularly arranged in evenly spaced horizontal rows. Branches appear to be thickest near the base and tapering gently to pointed end. Sporangia not observed.
