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Sporolithon ptychoides

Florideophyceae - Sporolithales - Corallinophycidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Sporolithon ptychoides Heydrich
2007Sporolithon ptychoides Tomas et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomRhodoplantaeSaunders and Hommersand 2004
phylumRhodophytaWettstein 1922
subphylumEurhodophytina
classFlorideophyceaeCronquist 1960
RankNameAuthor
familyCorallinophycidae()
orderSporolithales
familySporolithaceaeVerheij 1993
genusSporolithon(Rothpletz 1891)
speciesptychoidesHeydrich 1897

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.

Sporolithon ptychoides Heydrich 1897
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Langhian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 15.98000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Indonesia (East Kalimantan) Sporolithon ptychoides (221867 221868 221869)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Romania Sporolithon ptychoides (198871)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Spain Sporolithon ptychoides (34472)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Spain (Almeria) Sporolithon ptychoides (222411)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Ecuador (Galapagos Islands) Sporolithon ptychoides (221538)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Hawaii) Sporolithon ptychoides (105528)