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Lithophyllum dentatum

Florideophyceae - Corallinales - Corallinophycidae

Taxonomy
Spongites dentata was named by Kützing (1841). It is extant.

It was recombined as Lithophyllum dentatum by Foslie (1898), Braga and Aguirre (1995), Jauhri et al. (2006) and Kroeger (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Spongites dentata Kützing
1898Lithophyllum dentatum Foslie
1995Lithophyllum dentatum Braga and Aguirre
2006Lithophyllum dentatum Jauhri et al.
2007Lithophyllum dentatum Kroeger p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomRhodoplantaeSaunders and Hommersand 2004
phylumRhodophytaWettstein 1922
subphylumEurhodophytina
classFlorideophyceaeCronquist 1960
familyCorallinophycidae()
RankNameAuthor
orderCorallinalesSilva and Johansen 1986
familyLithophyllaceaeAthanasiadis 2016
subfamilyLithophylloideaeSetchell 1943
genusLithophyllumPhilippi 1837
speciesdentatum(Kützing 1841)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Lithophyllum dentatum Kützing 1841
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Pliocene or 56.00000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8India (Meghalaya) Lithophyllum dentatum (216245 216246 216247 216248 216249 216250 216251 216253)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Cyprus Lithophyllum dentatum (223599)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Spain (Sorbas) Lithophyllum dentatum (137717)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Spain (Granada Basin) Lithophyllum dentatum (137709)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Spain (Provinz Almería) Lithophyllum dentatum (137714)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy (Provinz Siena) Lithophyllum dentatum (138092 138093 138094)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Spain (Almeria) Lithophyllum dentatum (222410 222411)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pliocene3.6 - 3.6Spain Lithophyllum dentatum (137719 137726)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pliocene3.6 - 3.6Spain (Almería) Lithophyllum dentatum (137725)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pliocene3.6 - 3.6Spain (Cádiz) Lithophyllum dentatum (137721)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Quaternary3.6 - 0.0Spain Lithophyllum dentatum (147805)