Florideophyceae - Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
Synonym: Lithothamnium Philippi [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Lithothamniacae according to J. Hrabovsky et al. 2021
See also Aguirre et al. 2012, Bailey and Chapman 1998, Bassi 1998, Bucek and Kohler 2017, Chaurpagar et al. 2012, Gale 2009, Ghosh and Sarkar 2013, Granier et al. 2008, Howe 1934, Hrabovsky et al. 2016, Humblet et al. 2019, Jauhri et al. 2006, Johnson 1945, Kiessling 2003, Kroeger 2007, Kundal 2011, Kundal et al. 2013, Kundal et al. 2016, Lakhanpal et al. 1976, Leszczynski et al. 2012, Mirsa et al. 2002, Misra et al. 2001, Misra et al. 2006, Rasser 1994, Rasser and Nebelsick 2003, Roozpeykar et al. 2019, Sarkar 2017, Sarkar et al. 2011, Sarkar and Rao 2018, Saxena et al. 2005, Schneider and Wynne 2007, Singh et al. 2010, Souaya 1963, Stockar 2000, Tripalo 2017 and Vannucci et al. 2010
Sister taxon: Phymatolithon
Subtaxa: 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 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 romosissimum Lithothamnion roveretoi Lithothamnion saxorum Lithothamnion suganum Lithothamnion tectifons Lithothamnion undulatum Lithothamnion valens Lithothamnion validum Lithothamnion wallisium Lithothamnium aggregatum Lithothamnium alasanii Lithothamnium aucklandicum Lithothamnium bofilli Lithothamnium bourcarti Lithothamnium cuvillieri Lithothamnium disarmonicum Lithothamnium gaschei Lithothamnium lacroixi Lithothamnium ladronicum Lithothamnium laminosum Lithothamnium macrosporangicum Lithothamnium malthi Lithothamnium microcellulosum Lithothamnium microphyllum Lithothamnium montainvillense Lithothamnium moreti Lithothamnium nitidum Lithothamnium operculatum Lithothamnium parvulum Lithothamnium pecki Lithothamnium pentagonum Lithothamnium praefruticulosum Lithothamnium prascoi Lithothamnium ramosissimum Lithothamnium raoi Lithothamnium saipanense Lithothamnium saxorum Lithothamnium subtile Lithothamnium torulosum Lithothamnium trinidadensum Lithothamnium viallii
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (14 collections), Barbados (2), Cayman Islands (1), Egypt (3), French Polynesia (4), Greece (1), Guam (1), India (9), Italy (3), Japan (9), Jordan (1), the Marshall Islands (3), Mauritius (1), Papua New Guinea (2), Sao Tome and Principe (1), Saudi Arabia (2), the Seychelles (2), United States (6: Florida, Hawaii)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of China (1)
• Pliocene of Australia (1), China (1), Egypt (4), India (1), Japan (1), the Marshall Islands (1), Spain (7)
• Hemphillian of Spain (2)
• Miocene of Albania (1), Australia (3), Austria (2), Croatia (1), Cyprus (2), the Czech Republic (2), Egypt (33), France (11), Greece (3), Guam (11), India (3), Indonesia (4), Iran (3), Israel (5), Italy (21), Japan (1), Lebanon (8), Libya (1), Malaysia (1), Malta (6), the Marshall Islands (2), Poland (12), Romania (5), Saudi Arabia (1), Slovakia (1), Spain (14), Sri Lanka (1), Trinidad and Tobago (2), Turkey (1)
• Oligocene of Austria (4), India (2), Iran (1), Italy (15), Japan (1), Malta (4), Mexico (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Slovenia (10), Spain (4)
• Eocene of Australia (2), Austria (1), Belize (2), Colombia (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Germany (4), Greece (33), Guam (3), India (27), Indonesia (3), Iran (1), Italy (16), Japan (14), Morocco (1), Northern Mariana Islands (3), Peru (2), Romania (10), Slovakia (2), Spain (6), Switzerland (1), United States (3: California, Florida)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Greece (2), India (9), Iraq (3), Italy (3), Pakistan (1), Poland (1)
• Paleocene of Austria (6), China (2), Croatia (1), Cuba (1), France (3), India (6), Iran (2), Iraq (22), Italy (2), Poland (2), Slovakia (10), Slovenia (1), Spain (2), Togo (1), Turkey (1), United States (1: Alabama)
• Cretaceous of Austria (2), Brazil (1), France (2), Greece (2), India (1), Iraq (1), Japan (2), Slovakia (1)
Total: 518 collections including 725 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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