New taxonomic, stratigraphic, and geographic information on the genus Faksephyllia Floris, 1972 (Scleractinia; Caryophylliidae); first records from the Oligocene of Austria, Germany, and Italy Author Baron-Szabo, Rosemarie C. text Zootaxa 2016 4154 5 526 540 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4154.5.2 3d336b13-48cb-432f-b47f-fc315cb2e44b 1175-5326 267017 7327FBA7-E970-4DB1-AF2B-B639970F25CF Affinities of Faksephyllia to other phaceloid-dendroid and select solitary caryophylliine genera The genus Faksephyllia shows affinities to seven colonial genera of the Caryophylliidae and several genera of other caryophylliine families that form various phaceloid-dendroid types of branching, especially to the Holocene genus Solenosmilia DUNCAN, 1873 , and Lophelia MILNE EDWARDS & HAIME, 1849 , the latter of which has been recorded since the (?Paleocene) Eocene ( Tab. 1 and 2 ). The following list includes only caryophylliine genera forming branching types that are similar to the kinds seen in Faksephyllia . In addition, solitary genera are included to which specimens now interpreted to be juvenile forms of Faksephyllia were assigned ( Caryophyllia, Gardineria ) or with which fragments of Faksephyllia might be confounded ( Parasmilia )(for details see Tab. 2 ): PLATE 2. Figs. 1 –15 Faksephyllia faxoensis (BECK, in LYELL, 1837) Figs. 1 –3, 5 ICPUIBK WIM 6/12; Lower Oligocene of Austria (Häring Formation [Werlberg Member], located between the townships of Kundl and Wörgl, Tyrol) Fig. 1 : cross view of colony, thin section; scale bar: 5.5 mm . Fig. 2 : close-up of Fig. 1 ; scale bar: 3 mm . Fig. 3: close-up of Fig. 1 ; scale bar: 2.5 mm . Fig. 5: close-up of Fig. 1 ; scale bar: 2.7 mm . Figs. 4, 6 Topotype, PAL-ERL. m 68, BERNECKER & WEIDLICH coll.; Middle Danian of Denmark (Fakse limestone) Fig. 4: close-up of Fig. 6; photograph courtesy BERNECKER & WEIDLICH; scale bar: 1.2 mm . Fig. 6: cross view of colony, thin section; scale bar: 2.8 mm . Fig. 7 MMH 12,674 , lateral view of juvenile specimen; Lower Danian of Denmark ( Kangilia area , Greenland ); based on the illustration in FLORIS (1972, Pl. 4, Fig. 7); scale bar: 4 mm . Fig. 8 MGU N 185/214, oblique cross/lateral view of juvenile specimen; Danian of Kazakhstan (Mangyshlak); based on the illustration in KUZMICHEVA (1987, Pl. 24, Fig. 8); scale bar: 3 mm . Figs. 9–10 MGU N 185/213, juvenile specimen; Danian of Kazakhstan (Mangyshlak) Fig. 9: cross view of corallum; based on the illustration in KUZMICHEVA (1987, Pl. 24, Fig. 7a); scale bar: 3 mm . Fig. 10: lateral view of corallum; based on the illustration in KUZMICHEVA (1987, Pl. 24, Fig. 7b); scale bar: 3 mm . Figs. 11–13 MNHN M00800 ; Lower Oligocene of Italy (Castelgomberto), MICHELIN coll. (labeled as Lithodendron [ Cladocora ] fusinieri Catullo]) Fig. 11: upper surface of colony; scale bar: 7 mm . Fig. 12: close-up of Fig. 11; scale bar: 2.5 mm . Fig. 13: close-up of Fig. 11; scale bar: 3.5 mm . Figs. 14–15 GIK KbE-36b; TRAGELEHN coll.: Paleocene of Austria (Kambühel limestone, Styria ) Fig. 14: close-up of Fig. 15; scale bar: 3 mm . Fig. 15: cross view of colony, thin section; scale bar: 9 mm . Caryophyllia LAMARCK , 1801 . Coenosmilia POURTALÈS , 1874 . Gardineria VAUGHAN , 1907 . Goniocorella YABE & EGUCHI, 1932 . Haplophyllia POURTALÈS, 1868. Hoplangia GOSSE, 1860 . Lophelia MILNE EDWARDS & HAIME, 1849 . Parasmilia MILNE EDWARDS & HAIME, 1848. Pourtalosmilia DUNCAN, 1884 . Rhizosmilia CAIRNS , 1978 . Solenosmilia DUNCAN , 1873 . TABLE 1 . Stratigraphic ranges of caryophylliid genera that form branching types similar to the kinds seen in Faksephyllia Floris. Caryophylliid genera forming Stratigraphic range various phaceloid-dendroid types Pal Eo Oligo Mio Plio Pleist Holo Faksephyllia Floris, 1972 ? Lophelia Milne Edwards & Haime ,? 1849 Goniocorella Yabe & Eguchi, 1932 Coenosmilia Pourtalès, 1874 Hoplangia Gosse, 1860 Pourtalosmilia Duncan, 1884 Rhizosmilia Cairns, 1978 Solenosmilia Duncan, 1873