†Aethesolithon Johnson 1964 (red algae)
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Florideophyceae - Corallinophycidae
Parent taxon: Melobesioideae according to S. Sarkar 2017
See also Johnson 1964 and Misra et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Clathromorphum, Melobesia
Subtaxa: Aethesolithon problematicum
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), India (2)
• Miocene of China (3), Guam (8), Indonesia (5), South Pacific (1)
• Oligocene of Spain (26)
Total: 46 collections each including a single occurrence
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