Scleractinia taxon details
Cairnsipsammia merbeleri Baron-Szabo, 2015 †
1455613 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1455613)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Baron-Szabo RC. (2015). A new dendrophylliid coral genus Cairnsipsammia from the Lower Cretaceous of western Austria (Anthozoa; Scleractinia; Vorarlberg; Schrattenkalk Formation [upper Barremian-lower Aptian]). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 128 (4): 216-226., available online at https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324x-128.4.216 [details]
Holotype wamu-464, verbatimGeounit upper Barremian-lowe...
, Note upper Barremian-lower Aptian (Schrattenkalk...
Holotype wamu-464, verbatimGeounit upper Barremian-lowe... [details]
Type locality upper Barremian-lower Aptian (Schrattenkalk Formation), Vorarlberg, Austria. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Cairnsipsammia merbeleri Baron-Szabo, 2015 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1455613 on 2025-09-11
original description
Baron-Szabo RC. (2015). A new dendrophylliid coral genus Cairnsipsammia from the Lower Cretaceous of western Austria (Anthozoa; Scleractinia; Vorarlberg; Schrattenkalk Formation [upper Barremian-lower Aptian]). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 128 (4): 216-226., available online at https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324x-128.4.216 [details]
Holotype wamu-464, verbatimGeounit upper Barremian-lowe... [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality upper Barremian-lower Aptian (Schrattenkalk Formation), Vorarlberg, Austria. [details]