Parent taxon: Cyanophyta according to Cherchi and Schroeder 2006
See also Andrews 1970
Sister taxa: Abruptophycus, Acaciella, Agamus, Aldania, Alternella, Alternia, Angarophycus, Antiquophytolithus, Archaeothrix, Arenarina, Artophycus, Aulophycus, Basisphaera, Beltanelliformis, Bevocastria, Borlogella, Brachypleganon, Bursiphycas, Calevia, Calothricites, Calyptophycus, Camasia, Catinella, Chabakoviacea, Chomentovskia, Chomustachia, Cirriphycus, Cladogirvanella, Coccogoneae, Columnaria, Crustophycus, Cyanostroma, Cycularia, Cystostroma, Eoaphanothece, Eoepiphyton, Eophormidium, Eucaspsiphora, Fibrostroma, Filiphycus, Fillostroma, Flexia, Galinia, Georgiana, Glomeophycus, Gouldina, Grenularia, Gruneria, Hecetaphyton, Hormogoneae, Hormosporites, Katernia, Kostinophycus, Lamellophycus, Lamellostroma, Leptophycus, Lermontovaephycus, Lopatinella, Madiganites, Maldeotaina, Manacyathus, Mansurkella, Marpolia, Microcystopsis, Morania, Mussooriella, Myxococcoides, Nerusiandella, Oncobyrsella, Palaeomicrocystis, Paleocalothrix, Paleoisocystis, Papulophycus, Perennaria, Phanerosphaerops, Pilbaria, Platella, Plexostroma, Polybessurus, Protoepiphyton, Ramulostroma, Ramulus, Rhyniella, Scandophycus, Schizothropsis, Shanganella, Sphaerina, Sphaerothallus, Stigonematales, Subtifloria, Talakania, Tarioufetia, Telastroma, Trichostroma, Tubercularia, Tumidophyton, Tunikata, Tuxekanella, Uluksanella, Vesicularia, Vittophyton, Rothpletzella, Sigmopollis, Antiquus, Sphaerocodium, Somphospongia, Millaria, Porostromata, Cyanophyceae, Oscillatoriacea, Callosicoccus, Setula, Myxophyceae, Desmekalamos, Cladophorites
Subtaxa: Lithocodium aggregatum
Type: Lithocodium aggregatum
Ecology: stationary "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Bulgaria (2 collections), Czechia (2), Egypt (2), France (8), Germany (8), Greece (1), Hungary (1), Iraq (2), Italy (2), Jamaica (1), Oman (1), Poland (1), Portugal (16), Romania (6), Somalia (1), Spain (4), Tunisia (1), Türkiye (1), Ukraine (1), United States (2: Arizona)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Japan (1)
• Jurassic of Austria (3), France (3), Germany (4), Greece (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (10), Lebanon (1), Morocco (2), Portugal (5), Spain (3), Switzerland (1), Tunisia (1), Türkiye (2), Ukraine (1)
• Triassic of Austria (9), Germany (1), Iran (3), Israel (1), Italy (3), the United Arab Emirates (1)
Total: 120 collections including 125 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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