Lithothamnion luxurum Johnson and Stewart 1953 (red algae)

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 corallinaeforme, Lithothamnion corallioides, Lithothamnion crispatum, Lithothamnion florea, Lithothamnion giammarinoi, Lithothamnion grahami, Lithothamnion ishigakensis, Lithothamnion laminosum, Lithothamnion libanum, 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 pecki, Lithothamnium bourcarti, Lithothamnium raoi, Lithothamnium pentagonum, Lithothamnium viallii, Lithothamnium cuvillieri, Lithothamnium saxorum, Lithothamnium parvulum, Lithothamnium trinidadensum, Lithothamnium montainvillense, Lithothamnium aucklandicum, Lithothamnium disarmonicum, Lithothamnium ramosissimum, Lithothamnium prascoi, Lithothamnium torulosum, Lithothamnium microcellulosum, Lithothamnium aggregatum, Lithothamnium praefruticulosum, Lithothamnium bofilli, Lithothamnium nitidum, Lithothamnium laminosum, Lithothamnium alasanii, Lithothamnium ladronicum, Lithothamnium saipanense, Lithothamnium malthi, Lithothamnium macrosporangicum, Lithothamnium gaschei, Lithothamnium operculatum, Lithothamnium microphyllum, Lithothamnium lacroixi, Lithothamnium subtile, Lithothamnium moreti

Distribution: found only at Byron Quadrangle (Eocene of California)

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