Florideophyceae - Cryptonemiales - Archaeolithophyllaceae
Parent taxon: Archaeolithophyllaceae according to D. Vachard and M. Aretz 2004
See also Andrews 1970
Sister taxa: Hortonella, Neoprincipia, Petschoria, Principia
Subtaxa: Archaeolithophyllum asymmetricum Archaeolithophyllum missouriensis
Type: Archaeolithophyllum missouriensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of India (1 collection)
• Permian of Canada (1: Nunavut), Oman (1), United States (3: Idaho, New Mexico, Texas)
• Carboniferous of Austria (2), Canada (1: Nova Scotia), Germany (1), Ireland (1), Spain (8), Thailand (2), Türkiye (1), Ukraine (2), United States (21: Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
Total: 45 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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