Faksephyllia faxoensis (Beck, 1835)
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Faksephyllia faxoensis (Beck, 1835) |
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Faksephyllia faxoensis (Beck, 1835) View in CoL
Pl. 6, figs 6–8
parsv1820 Madreporites hyppurinus: Schlotheim , p. 356.
v*1835 Caryophyllia faxoensis: Beck , in Lyell, p. 249, fig. 4 (topotypes studied).
1922 Haplophyllia faxensis, Beck : Nielsen, p. 14, pl. 1, figs 1–7.
1972 Faksephyllia faxoensis gen. n. & Beck, in Lyell (1837) sp.: Floris, p. 73, pl. 4, figs 7–11, pl. 5, figs 1–5 (older synonyms cited therein).
1987 Faksephyllia faxoensis (Beck, in Lyell, 1837): Kuzmicheva, p. 138, pl. 24, figs 7–8.
v1990 Faksephyllia faxoensis (Beck, 1835) : Bernecker & Weidlich, p. 113, pl. 26, figs 3, 4, pl. 29, figs 5–8, pl. 30, figs 3, 4 (topotypes studied).
(v)1996 Hexakoralle, Morphotyp 7: Tragelehn, p. 198, pl. 60, fig. 9.
v2005 Faksephyllia faxoensis (Beck, 1835) : Bernecker & Weidlich, p. 11ff, fig. 5B, fig. 6 (2), fig. 6B (topotypes studied).
Dimensions. d=3–4.5 mm, juveniles 1.5–2.5 mm; s=30–40, in juveniles around 24.
Description. Finely branched, phaceloid colony; corallites circular to irregularly elliptical in outline; septa developed in 4 incomplete cycles in 6 systems in corallites that are not influenced by budding; septa thin, straight, oldest of which reach corallite centre where they might fuse; branching angle often between 30°–45°, can be up to 90°.
Type locality of species. Middle Danian of Denmark (Fakse limestone) .
Distribution. Paleocene of Austria, Middle Danian of Denmark (Fakse and Greenland) and Sweden (Limhamn).
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