Florideophyceae - Corallinophycidae
Parent taxon: Corallinaceae according to H. N. Andrews 1970
Sister taxa: Amphiroideae, Aquirrea, Bicorium, Chamberlainoideae, Corallinoideae, Dermatolithon, Goniolithon, Kymalithon, Lysvaella, Melobesieae, Mesolithon, Metagoniolithoideae, Neodasyporella, Neogoniolithoideae, Palaeophyllum, Palaeoporolithon, Palaeothamnium, Paleophyllum, Parakymalithon, Paralithoporella, Paraphyllum, Paraporolithon, Paulsilvella, Pomatophyllum, Siamporidium, Subterraniphyllum
Subtaxa: Leptolithophyllum maslovi Leptolithophyllum platticarpum Leptolithophyllum roveretoi
Type: Leptolithophyllum roveretoi
Ecology: stationary epifaunal "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Miocene of Italy (2 collections), Poland (3), Ukraine (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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