Florideophyceae - Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
Full reference: M. A. Howe. 1934. Eocene marine algae (Lithothamnieae) from the Sierra Blanca Limestone. Geological Society America Bulletin 45:507-518
Belongs to Lithothamnion according to J. H. Johnson and W. A. Stewart 1953
Sister taxa: Lithothamnion aggregatum, Lithothamnion andrusovi, Lithothamnion aucklandicum, Lithothamnion betieri, Lithothamnion bourcartii, Lithothamnion camarasae, Lithothamnion caravellense, Lithothamnion cardinellense, Lithothamnion corallinaeforme, Lithothamnion corallioides, Lithothamnion crispatum, Lithothamnion florea, Lithothamnion giammarinoi, Lithothamnion grahami, Lithothamnion ishigakensis, Lithothamnion libanum, Lithothamnion luxurum, Lithothamnion magnum, Lithothamnion manni, Lithothamnion meganosium, Lithothamnion microphyllum, Lithothamnion minervae, Lithothamnion moreti, Lithothamnion muelleri, Lithothamnion nannosporum, Lithothamnion nummuliticum, Lithothamnion obstrusum, Lithothamnion operculatum, Lithothamnion orbiculatum, Lithothamnion ponzonense, Lithothamnion praefruticulosum, Lithothamnion romosissimum, Lithothamnion roveretoi, Lithothamnion saxorum, Lithothamnion suganum, Lithothamnion tectifons, Lithothamnion undulatum, Lithothamnion valens, Lithothamnion validum, Lithothamnion wallisium, Lithothamnium macrosporangicum, Lithothamnium moreti, Lithothamnium viallii, Lithothamnium cuvillieri, Lithothamnium bofilli, Lithothamnium aucklandicum, Lithothamnium ladronicum, Lithothamnium saipanense, Lithothamnium microphyllum, Lithothamnium operculatum, Lithothamnium torulosum, Lithothamnium subtile, Lithothamnium disarmonicum, Lithothamnium aggregatum, Lithothamnium alasanii, Lithothamnium montainvillense, Lithothamnium laminosum, Lithothamnium saxorum, Lithothamnium prascoi, Lithothamnium pentagonum, Lithothamnium pecki, Lithothamnium parvulum, Lithothamnium praefruticulosum, Lithothamnium microcellulosum, Lithothamnium raoi, Lithothamnium bourcarti, Lithothamnium nitidum, Lithothamnium malthi, Lithothamnium gaschei, Lithothamnium lacroixi, Lithothamnium ramosissimum, Lithothamnium trinidadensum
Type specimen: Its type locality is LSJU locality 930, Indian Creek, which is in a Ypresian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Sierra Blanca Formation of California
Distribution: found only at Byron Quadrangle
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