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 J. H. Johnson and W. A. 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 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 ramosissimum, Lithothamnion romosissimum, Lithothamnion roveretoi, Lithothamnion saxorum, Lithothamnion suganum, Lithothamnion tectifons, Lithothamnion undulatum, Lithothamnion valens, Lithothamnion validum, Lithothamnion wallisium, Lithothamnium praefruticulosum, Lithothamnium parvulum, Lithothamnium ladronicum, Lithothamnium prascoi, Lithothamnium aucklandicum, Lithothamnium raoi, Lithothamnium moreti, Lithothamnium trinidadensum, Lithothamnium gaschei, Lithothamnium pecki, Lithothamnium lacroixi, Lithothamnium cuvillieri, Lithothamnium saipanense, Lithothamnium microcellulosum, Lithothamnium laminosum, Lithothamnium malthi, Lithothamnium microphyllum, Lithothamnium saxorum, Lithothamnium montainvillense, Lithothamnium subtile, Lithothamnium pentagonum, Lithothamnium bourcarti, Lithothamnium operculatum, Lithothamnium bofilli, Lithothamnium nitidum, Lithothamnium viallii, Lithothamnium torulosum, Lithothamnium disarmonicum, Lithothamnium alasanii, Lithothamnium aggregatum, Lithothamnium ramosissimum, Lithothamnium macrosporangicum
Distribution: found only at Byron Quadrangle (Eocene of California)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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