Usage examples for Facies:

• It does not go to the root of the matter to say that these facies have been brought about by the extermination of all the others which did not happen to fit into their particular environment. "Darwin and Modern Science" – A.C. Seward and Others

• The different facies and associations were developed at various times and places. "Darwin and Modern Science" – A.C. Seward and Others

• The general facies of the Middle Eocene Fauna, however, is quite that of the Upper. "Critiques and Addresses" – Thomas Henry Huxley