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Litanaia robusta

Ulvophyceae - Bryopsidales - Codiaceae

Taxonomy
Litanaia robusta was named by Johnson (1964). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Geological Museum, University of Sydney, Slide 16001. Its type locality is K. H. Wolf Locality N. 456, Farnham, which is in a Devonian/Devonian terrestrial limestone in the Nubrigyn Formation of Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. graecensis, L. maslovi, L. perisseia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Litanaia robusta Johnson

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Archaeplastida
—Chloroplastida
phylumChlorophytaReichenbach 1834
RankNameAuthor
classUlvophyceae
orderBryopsidalesSchaffner 1922
familyCodiaceaeKützing 1843
genusLitanaiaMaslov 1956
speciesrobusta

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.

†Litanaia robusta Johnson 1964
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: lagoonal, coastal, inner shelf, marine, brackish, freshwaterp
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: "photoautotroph"o
Created: 2007-10-23 01:56:40
Modified: 2007-10-23 03:56:40
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 (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Devonian - Middle Devonian419.62 - 382.31Australia (New South Wales) Litanaia robusta (type locality: 242320 242321)