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Metagoniolithon

Florideophyceae - Corallinales - Corallinophycidae

Taxonomy
Metagoniolithon was named by Weber van Bosse (1904). It is extant.

It was assigned to Metagoniolithoideae by Schneider and Wynne (2007), Kundal (2011), Kishore et al. (2015), Tripalo (2017), Sarkar (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Metagoniolithon Weber van Bosse
2007Metagoniolithon Schneider and Wynne
2011Metagoniolithon Kundal
2015Metagoniolithon Kishore et al. p. 60
2017Metagoniolithon Sarkar p. 16 figs. Table 1
2017Metagoniolithon Tripalo p. 21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomRhodoplantaeSaunders and Hommersand 2004
phylumRhodophytaWettstein 1922
subphylumEurhodophytina
classFlorideophyceaeCronquist 1960
RankNameAuthor
familyCorallinophycidae()
orderCorallinalesSilva and Johansen 1986
familyCorallinaceaeLamouroux 1816
subfamilyMetagoniolithoideae
genusMetagoniolithonWeber van Bosse 1904

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.

G. Metagoniolithon Weber van Bosse 1904
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitef
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Epibiont: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: "photoautotroph"f
Created: 2005-06-21 06:27:21
Modified: 2005-06-21 08:27:21
Source: f = family
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117India (Andaman Islands) M. sp. (221976)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117India (Gujarat) M. sp. (137530)