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Litopora

Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae

Taxonomy
Litopora was named by Johnson (1964). It is not extant. Its type is Litopora spatiosa.

It was assigned to Dasycladaceae by Johnson (1964), Andrews (1970).

Species
L. spatiosa (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Litopora Johnson
1970Litopora Andrews

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Archaeplastida
—Chloroplastida
phylumChlorophytaReichenbach 1834
RankNameAuthor
classChlorophyceaeKützing 1843
orderDasycladalesKützing 1860
familyDasycladaceaeKutzing 1843
genusLitopora

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. †Litopora Johnson 1964
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†Litopora spatiosa Johnson 1964
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Architecture: porouso
Environment: coastal, inner shelf, oligotrophic, hypersaline, marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: "photoautotroph"o
Created: 2006-07-05 08:29:01
Modified: 2007-10-05 06:09:29
Source: o = order, p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Devonian to the top of the Middle Devonian or 419.62000 to 382.31000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Devonian - Middle Devonian419.62 - 382.31Australia (New South Wales) L. spatiosa (242321)