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 Lithothamnium according to M. A. Howe 1934
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 corallinaeforme, Lithothamnion corallioides, Lithothamnion crispatum, Lithothamnion florea, Lithothamnion giammarinoi, Lithothamnion grahami, Lithothamnion ishigakensis, Lithothamnion laminosum, 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 microphyllum, Lithothamnium moreti, Lithothamnium subtile, Lithothamnium bofilli, Lithothamnium parvulum, Lithothamnium operculatum, Lithothamnium nitidum, Lithothamnium torulosum, Lithothamnium saipanense, Lithothamnium praefruticulosum, Lithothamnium microcellulosum, Lithothamnium viallii, Lithothamnium trinidadensum, Lithothamnium saxorum, Lithothamnium montainvillense, Lithothamnium macrosporangicum, Lithothamnium gaschei, Lithothamnium disarmonicum, Lithothamnium bourcarti, Lithothamnium lacroixi, Lithothamnium aggregatum, Lithothamnium aucklandicum, Lithothamnium ladronicum, Lithothamnium cuvillieri, Lithothamnium alasanii, Lithothamnium prascoi, Lithothamnium raoi, Lithothamnium ramosissimum, Lithothamnium pentagonum, Lithothamnium malthi, Lithothamnium pecki
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 LSJU locality 930, Indian Creek
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