Faksephyllia Floris 1972

Genus Faksephyllia Floris, 1972 Type species. Caryophyllia faxoensis Beck, in Lyell, 1837, Middle Danian of Denmark (Fakse limestone). Diagnosis. Colonial, dendroid-fasciculate or phaceloid. Gemmation intracalicinal, distomodaeal. Costosepta compact, laterally covered by small, rounded granules. Pal...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baron-Szabo, Rosemarie C.
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: Zenodo 2008
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Scleractinia
Caryophylliidae
Faksephyllia
Greenland
Beck
Nugssuaq
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5241442
https://zenodo.org/record/5241442
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Summary:Genus Faksephyllia Floris, 1972 Type species. Caryophyllia faxoensis Beck, in Lyell, 1837, Middle Danian of Denmark (Fakse limestone). Diagnosis. Colonial, dendroid-fasciculate or phaceloid. Gemmation intracalicinal, distomodaeal. Costosepta compact, laterally covered by small, rounded granules. Pali and columella absent, but trabecular extensions of septal axial ends can form a pseudo-columella. Endothecal dissepiments vesicular. Wall septothecal. : Published as part of Baron-Szabo, Rosemarie C., 2008, Dendrophylliina, Caryophylliina, Fungiina, Microsolenina, and Stylinina, pp. 1-244 in Zootaxa 1952 on page 75 : {"references": ["Floris, S. (1972) Scleractinian corals from the Upper Cretaceous and Lower Tertiary of Nugssuaq, West Greenland. Museum de Mineralogie et de Geologie de l'Universite de Copenhague, Communications paleontologiques, 183, 1 - 132, 8 pls."]}

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