Florideophyceae - 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 Lithophyllum according to M. A. Howe 1934
Sister taxa: Lithophyllum albanense, Lithophyllum anguineum, Lithophyllum bassanense, Lithophyllum besalotos, Lithophyllum bonyense, Lithophyllum capederi, Lithophyllum corculumis, Lithophyllum dentatum, Lithophyllum ghorabi, Lithophyllum heteromorphum, Lithophyllum incrustans, Lithophyllum indicum, Lithophyllum intumescens, Lithophyllum kamptneri, Lithophyllum lateporatum, Lithophyllum ligusticum, Lithophyllum lithothamnioides, Lithophyllum maemongense, Lithophyllum microsporum, Lithophyllum minimum, Lithophyllum nitorum, Lithophyllum perrandoi, Lithophyllum personatum, Lithophyllum prelichenoides, Lithophyllum profundum, Lithophyllum pseudoamphiroa, Lithophyllum quadrangulum, Lithophyllum quadratum, Lithophyllum royoi, Lithophyllum simplex, Lithophyllum vicetinum
Subtaxa: Lithophyllum sierraeblancae blancae
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at LSJU locality 930, Indian Creek (Eocene of California)
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