Dermatolithon Foslie 1898 (red algae)

Florideophyceae - Corallinales - Corallinophycidae

Parent taxon: Corallinaceae according to A. Pisera 1985

Sister taxa: Amphiroideae, Aquirrea, Bicorium, Chamberlainoideae, Corallinoideae, Goniolithon, Kymalithon, Leptolithophyllum, Lysvaella, Melobesieae, Mesolithon, Metagoniolithoideae, Neodasyporella, Neogoniolithoideae, Palaeophyllum, Palaeoporolithon, Palaeothamnium, Paleophyllum, Parakymalithon, Paralithoporella, Paraphyllum, Paraporolithon, Paulsilvella, Pomatophyllum, Siamporidium, Subterraniphyllum

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Egypt (4 collections), French Polynesia (3), Vanuatu (1)

• Pliocene of Egypt (2), Greece (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Guam (1)

• Miocene of Australia (1), Egypt (1), Guam (3), Italy (1), Poland (1), Romania (2)

• Eocene of Guam (1), Japan (1)

Total: 23 collections including 24 occurrences

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