Antropora gadhavii Guha & Gopikrishna, 2005

Fig. 5; Table 4

Antropora gadhavii Guha & Gopikrishna, 2005d: 140, pl. I fig. 10, pl. II fig 1.

Material examined

INDIA • 4 specs; yellowish limestone west of Haripar, Aquitanian, lower Miocene, Kharinadi Formation; 23° 21′12″ N, 68°49′13″ E; Sonar leg.; GIS/B 0461 to 0464 • 6 specs; yellow limestones of the Waghot in Waior-Charopadi stream cliff section and Lakdi Nadi cliff section; Burdigalian, lower Miocene, Chhasra Formation; 23°22′25″ N, 68°58′35″ E; Sonar leg; GIS/B 0465 to 0470 .

Description

Colony unilaminar encrusting. Autozooids subtrigonal to subrectangular, indistinct zooidal boundaries (Fig. 5A). Gymnocyst indistinguishable; cryptocyst narrow, thickly calcified, descending into opesia. Opesia subrectangular to subtriangular in shape, elongate, occupying almost entire frontal area. Distal zooidal margins broad, subrectangular (Fig. 5B–C). Avicularia small, interzooecial, oval with acute rostrum, randomly placed at corners between autozooids, without crossbar (Fig. 5C–D). Ovicells not observed.

Remarks

The present species agrees with all the essential characters of Antropora gadhavii Guha & Gopikrishna, 2005 .