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Favosites — Favosites
Favosites — John Alan Elson, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY SA 4.0

Coral

Favosites

Honeycomb coral

Favosites is the Silurian–Devonian tabulate 'honeycomb coral' with closely packed polygonal tubes crossed by tabulae, found in reef limestones of the Great Lakes region, New York and Europe and as 'Charlevoix stones' on Michigan beaches. It is abundant and cheap and polishes well. Colonies range from marbles to boulders.

PhylumCnidaria
ClassAnthozoa
OrderFavositida
FamilyFavositidae
GroupCoral
Rank (PBDB)genus· Paleobiology Database
AuthorLamarck 1816· Paleobiology Database
Classification (PBDB)Cnidaria › Anthozoa › Favositida › Favositidae· Paleobiology Database
Range (PBDB)458–264 Ma· Paleobiology Database
PBDB occurrences1808· Paleobiology Database

Photographs

Favosites — Favosites aspera D'Orbigny (NHMUK PI R 33)
Favosites aspera D'Orbigny (NHMUK PI R 33) — © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London, Natural History Museum (London) Data Portal, CC BY 4.0
Favosites — Favosites Lamarck, 1816 (NHMUK PE PEI 5474)
Favosites Lamarck, 1816 (NHMUK PE PEI 5474) — © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London, Natural History Museum (London) Data Portal, CC BY 4.0

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Elsewhere

Cite this article

Stratum Study. "Favosites" (Taxon). Stratum Study pack 2026.09, as of 2026-09-19. https://stratum.black/study/taxa/favosites. Accessed 2026-09-20.

BibTeX · CSL-JSON

@misc{stratum-favosites,
  title        = {Favosites},
  author       = {{Stratum Study}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://stratum.black/study/taxa/favosites}},
  year         = {2026},
  note         = {Taxon article, Stratum Study pack 2026.09, as of 2026-09-19; sources: stratum, pbdb, wikidata, commons, nhm. Accessed 2026-09-20.}
}

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