Sporolithon Rothpletz 1891 (red algae)

Florideophyceae - Sporolithales - Corallinophycidae

Synonym: Archaeolithothamnion Foslie 1898

Parent taxon: Sporolithaceae according to J. Hrabovsky et al. 2021

See also Johnson 1945, Johnson and Stewart 1953 and Schneider and Wynne 2007

Sister taxa: Hemiphyllum, Heydrichia, Sporolithoideae

Subtaxa: none

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Brazil (1 collection), Ecuador (1), French Polynesia (6), India (3), Japan (7), the Seychelles (1), United States (3: Hawaii)

• Pliocene of Spain (2)

• Miocene of Australia (3), Cyprus (1), the Czech Republic (4), Egypt (7), France (6), Greece (3), Guam (2), India (1), Indonesia (3), Iran (1), Italy (19), Lebanon (1), the Philippines (1), Poland (6), Romania (3), Spain (4), Ukraine (2)

• Oligocene of Austria (2), Egypt (1), India (3), Iran (1), Italy (9), Libya (1), Malta (10), Slovenia (9), Spain (2)

• Eocene of Austria (6), China (1), Costa Rica (1), Croatia (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Georgia (1), Germany (2), Greece (30), India (40), Italy (14), Japan (2), Libya (1), Morocco (1), New Zealand (1), Northern Mariana Islands (1), Pakistan (1), Peru (1), Romania (12), Slovakia (2), Spain (4), Switzerland (1), United States (3: California), Uzbekistan (1)

• Paleocene to Eocene of India (6), Iraq (1), Italy (2)

• Paleocene of Austria (5), Costa Rica (5), Egypt (2), France (1), India (12), Iraq (1), Italy (2), Morocco (1), Oman (1), Poland (1), Slovakia (42), Slovenia (1), Spain (2)

• Cretaceous of Austria (1), Brazil (2), Egypt (3), France (1), India (5), Italy (2), Romania (7), Somalia (2), Spain (5)

Total: 370 collections including 427 occurrences

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