Scleractinia name details
Caryophyllia faxoensis Lyell, 1837 †
1444647 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1444647)
unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Lyell, C. (1837). On the Cretaceous and Tertiary Strata of the Danish Islands of Seeland and Möen. <em>Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2.</em> 5: 243-257, pl. 18. [details]
Neotype MMH 2043, verbatimGeounit Paleocene (Middle Da...
, Note Paleocene (Middle Danian): Denmark
Neotype MMH 2043, verbatimGeounit Paleocene (Middle Da... [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Paleocene (Middle Danian): Denmark [details]
Nomenclature Beck manuscript name?
Nomenclature Beck manuscript name? [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Caryophyllia faxoensis Lyell, 1837 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1444647 on 2025-09-11
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Lyell, C. (1837). On the Cretaceous and Tertiary Strata of the Danish Islands of Seeland and Möen. <em>Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2.</em> 5: 243-257, pl. 18. [details]
basis of record Brünnich Nielsen, K. (1922). Zoantharia from Senone and paleocene deposits in Denmark and Skaane. <em>Det Kongelige Danske videnskabernes selskabs skrifter København, Naturvidenskabelig og mathematisk afdeling.</em> 5: 199-233, pls. 1-4. [details]
basis of record Brünnich Nielsen, K. (1922). Zoantharia from Senone and paleocene deposits in Denmark and Skaane. <em>Det Kongelige Danske videnskabernes selskabs skrifter København, Naturvidenskabelig og mathematisk afdeling.</em> 5: 199-233, pls. 1-4. [details]
Neotype MMH 2043, verbatimGeounit Paleocene (Middle Da... [details]