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Mesophyllaceae

Florideophyceae - Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae

Taxonomy
Mesophyllaceae was named by Athanasiadis (2016). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Hapalidiales by Hrabovsky et al. (2019), Hrabovsky et al. (2021).

Subtaxa
Mesophyllum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Mesophyllaceae Athanasiadis
2019Mesophyllaceae Hrabovsky et al.
2021Mesophyllaceae Hrabovsky et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomRhodoplantaeSaunders and Hommersand 2004
phylumRhodophytaWettstein 1922
subphylumEurhodophytina
classFlorideophyceaeCronquist 1960
RankNameAuthor
familyCorallinophycidae()
orderHapalidialesNelson and Sutherland 2015
familyMesophyllaceaeAthanasiadis 2016
familyMesophyllaceaeAthanasiadis 2016

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.

Fm. †Mesophyllaceae Athanasiadis 2016
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G. Mesophyllum Lemoine 1930
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†Mesophyllum alterans Foslie 1907
†Mesophyllum alternans Foslie 1907
†Mesophyllum austriacum Lemoine 1930
†Mesophyllum californicum Johnson and Stewart 1953
Mesophyllum commune Lemoine 1939
†Mesophyllum contii Ishijima 1954
†Mesophyllum curtum Hrabovsky et al. 2016
Mesophyllum desitum Airoldi 1932
†Mesophyllum erubescens Foslie 1900
†Mesophyllum fructiferum Airoldi 1932
†Mesophyllum galettoi Mastrorilli 1967
†Mesophyllum ingestum Conti 1946
†Mesophyllum iraqense Johnson 1964
†Mesophyllum koritzae Lemoine 1924
†Mesophyllum laffittei Lemoine 1939
†Mesophyllum lemoinae Souaya 1963
†Mesophyllum marosticae Mastrorilli 1973
Mesophyllum mengaudii Lemoine 1934
†Mesophyllum obsitum Airoldi 1932
†Mesophyllum pacificum Johnson 1957
†Mesophyllum pfenderae Lemoine 1928
†Mesophyllum printzianum Hrabovsky et al. 2016
†Mesophyllum rigidum Mastrorilli 1967
†Mesophyllum roveretoi Conti 1943
†Mesophyllum schencki Howe 1934
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Givetian to the top of the Holocene or 387.95000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 385.9 Ma

Collections (403 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Mesophyllum macrocystis, Mesophyllum secundum, Mesophyllum vesiculosum (81731) Mesophyllum maximum, Mesophyllum secundum (81736)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Mesophyllum secundum (81733 81734 81737)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Mesophyllum sp. (137427)
Senonian100.5 - 66.0India Mesophyllum varians, Mesophyllum daviesi (155339)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Slovakia Mesophyllum sp. (88186)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0France Mesophyllum sp. (145809)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Austria (Salzburg) Mesophyllum sp. (87003)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Spain Mesophyllum sp. (68902)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Austria (Niederösterreich) Mesophyllum sp., Mesophyllum austriacum (87002)
Danian - Thanetian66.0 - 56.0Slovakia (Trencin) Mesophyllum sp. (215964 216055)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Greece Mesophyllum vaughanii (143460)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0France Lithophyllum mengaudi (149331) Lithophyllum mengaudi, Mesophyllum pfenderae (149308) Mesophyllum pfenderae, Mesophyllum schencki (149330)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Slovakia (Presov Region) Mesophyllum tropicale (237453)
Paleocene - Ypresian66.0 - 48.07Slovakia (Zilina Region) Mesophyllum tropicale, Mesophyllum varians, Mesophyllum heteroclitum, Mesophyllum ramosum, Lithophyllum mengaudi (237466)
Paleocene - Middle Eocene66.0 - 37.71Greece Mesophyllum heteroclitum, Mesophyllum varians (143457) Mesophyllum vaughanii, Lithophyllum mengaudi (143456)
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0Slovakia (Presov) Mesophyllum sp. (216153 216155 216160)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0Slovenia (Littoral) Mesophyllum sp.1 (214586)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Slovakia (Presov) Mesophyllum sp. (216154 216163)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Iran (Liam) Mesophyllum sp. (214681)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Poland (Lesser Poland Voivodeship) Mesophyllum sp. (215824)