Florideophyceae - Corallinophycidae
Full reference: J. H. Johnson and W. A. Stewart. 1953. Eocene Coralline Algae from the Meganos Formation, California. 27(1):130-136
Belongs to Lithothamnion according to P.K. Misra et al. 2001
See also Johnson and Stewart 1953
Sister taxa: Lithothamnion aggregatum, Lithothamnion andrusovi, Lithothamnion aucklandicum, Lithothamnion betieri, Lithothamnion bourcartii, Lithothamnion camarasae, Lithothamnion caravellense, Lithothamnion cardinellense, Lithothamnion concretum, Lithothamnion corallinaeforme, Lithothamnion corallioides, Lithothamnion crispallus, Lithothamnion crispatum, Lithothamnion crispithallus, Lithothamnion exuberans, Lithothamnion florea, Lithothamnion giammarinoi, Lithothamnion grahami, Lithothamnion ishigakensis, Lithothamnion laminosum, Lithothamnion libanum, Lithothamnion luxurum, Lithothamnion magnum, Lithothamnion meganosium, Lithothamnion microphyllum, Lithothamnion minervae, Lithothamnion moreti, Lithothamnion muelleri, Lithothamnion nannosporum, Lithothamnion nummuliticum, Lithothamnion obstrusum, Lithothamnion operculatum, Lithothamnion orbiculatum, Lithothamnion peleense, Lithothamnion ponzonense, Lithothamnion praefruticulosum, Lithothamnion ramosissimum, Lithothamnion romosissimum, Lithothamnion roveretoi, Lithothamnion saxorum, Lithothamnion suganum, Lithothamnion tectifons, Lithothamnion undulatum, Lithothamnion valens, Lithothamnion validum, Lithothamnion wallisium, Lithothamnium montainvillense, Lithothamnium operculatum, Lithothamnium saxorum, Lithothamnium ramosissimum, Lithothamnium torulosum, Lithothamnium cuvillieri, Lithothamnium trinidadensum, Lithothamnium viallii, Lithothamnium saipanense, Lithothamnium bourcarti, Lithothamnium laminosum, Lithothamnium parvulum, Lithothamnium pecki, Lithothamnium aucklandicum, Lithothamnium prascoi, Lithothamnium aggregatum, Lithothamnium lacroixi, Lithothamnium moreti, Lithothamnium gaschei, Lithothamnium microcellulosum, Lithothamnium malthi, Lithothamnium nitidum, Lithothamnium pentagonum, Lithothamnium subtile, Lithothamnium raoi, Lithothamnium praefruticulosum, Lithothamnium macrosporangicum, Lithothamnium bofilli, Lithothamnium microphyllum, Lithothamnium disarmonicum, Lithothamnium alasanii, Lithothamnium ladronicum
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Oligocene of India (1 collection)
• Eocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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