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 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 operculatum, Lithothamnium bourcarti, Lithothamnium laminosum, Lithothamnium montainvillense, Lithothamnium raoi, Lithothamnium gaschei, Lithothamnium aggregatum, Lithothamnium ramosissimum, Lithothamnium disarmonicum, Lithothamnium nitidum, Lithothamnium alasanii, Lithothamnium trinidadensum, Lithothamnium ladronicum, Lithothamnium microcellulosum, Lithothamnium parvulum, Lithothamnium microphyllum, Lithothamnium torulosum, Lithothamnium pentagonum, Lithothamnium macrosporangicum, Lithothamnium cuvillieri, Lithothamnium aucklandicum, Lithothamnium pecki, Lithothamnium subtile, Lithothamnium lacroixi, Lithothamnium malthi, Lithothamnium saxorum, Lithothamnium saipanense, Lithothamnium prascoi, Lithothamnium moreti, Lithothamnium bofilli, Lithothamnium praefruticulosum, Lithothamnium viallii
Distribution: found only at Byron Quadrangle (Eocene of California)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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