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Sporolithaceae
Taxonomy
Sporolithaceae was named by Verheij (1993). It is extant.
It was assigned to Corallinales by Bassi (1998), Vannucci et al. (2000), Kishore and Singh (2004), Misra et al. (2006), Misra et al. (2006), Mirsa et al. (2006), Schneider and Wynne (2007), Singh et al. (2009), Misra et al. (2009), Gale (2009), Kundal (2011), Misra et al. (2011), Sarkar et al. (2011), Kundal (2014) and Roozpeykar et al. (2019); and to Sporolithales by Vannucci et al. (2010), Kishore et al. (2015), Hrabovsky et al. (2016), Tripalo (2017), Sarkar and Rao (2018), Humblet et al. (2019) and Hrabovsky et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Corallinales by Bassi (1998), Vannucci et al. (2000), Kishore and Singh (2004), Misra et al. (2006), Misra et al. (2006), Mirsa et al. (2006), Schneider and Wynne (2007), Singh et al. (2009), Misra et al. (2009), Gale (2009), Kundal (2011), Misra et al. (2011), Sarkar et al. (2011), Kundal (2014) and Roozpeykar et al. (2019); and to Sporolithales by Vannucci et al. (2010), Kishore et al. (2015), Hrabovsky et al. (2016), Tripalo (2017), Sarkar and Rao (2018), Humblet et al. (2019) and Hrabovsky et al. (2021).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1993 | Sporolithaceae Verheij |
| 1998 | Sporolithaceae Bassi |
| 2000 | Sporolithaceae Vannucci et al. |
| 2004 | Sporolithaceae Kishore and Singh p. 2 |
| 2006 | Sporolithaceae Mirsa et al. |
| 2006 | Sporolithaceae Misra et al. |
| 2007 | Sporolithaceae Schneider and Wynne |
| 2009 | Sporolithaceae Gale p. 97 |
| 2009 | Sporolithaceae Misra et al. p. 327 |
| 2009 | Sporolithaceae Singh et al. p. 21 |
| 2010 | Sporolithaceae Vannucci et al. p. 224 |
| 2011 | Sporolithaceae Kundal |
| 2011 | Sporolithaceae Misra et al. p. 357 |
| 2011 | Sporolithaceae Sarkar et al. |
| 2014 | Sporolithaceae Kundal p. 136 figs. Table 1 |
| 2015 | Sporolithaceae Kishore et al. p. 62 |
| 2016 | Sporolithaceae Hrabovsky et al. p. 502 |
| 2017 | Sporolithaceae Tripalo p. 21 |
| 2018 | Sporolithaceae Sarkar and Rao |
| 2019 | Sporolithaceae Humblet et al. figs. Table 1 |
| 2019 | Sporolithaceae Roozpeykar et al. p. 1606 |
| 2021 | Sporolithaceae Hrabovsky et al. |
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Fm. Sporolithaceae Verheij 1993
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G. †Sporolithon Rothpletz 1891
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†Sporolithon afonense Maslov 1956
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Invalid names: Archaeolithothamnium afonense Maslov 1962 [synonym]
†Sporolithon airoldii Vannucci et al. 2010
†Sporolithon aschersoni Schwager 1883
†Sporolithon brevium Aguirre and Bragga 1998
†Sporolithon ferganense Maslov 1956
†Sporolithon fosteri Johnson 1964
†Sporolithon gunteri Johnson and Ferris 1948
†Sporolithon irinae Maslov 1956
†Sporolithon keenani Howe 1934
†Sporolithon kuboiensis Iryu et al. 2009
Sporolithon lugeonii Pfender 1926
†Sporolithon lvovicum Maslov 1956
†Sporolithon myriosporum Johnson 1957
†Sporolithon nummuliticum Ghosh and Maithy 1996
†Sporolithon oulianovi Pfender 1956
†Sporolithon praeerythraeum Airoldi 1932
†Sporolithon ptychoides Heydrich 1897
†Sporolithon statiellense Airoldi 1932
Invalid names: Archaeolithothamnion Foslie 1898 [synonym]
Invalid names: Sporolithoideae Setchell 1943 [empty]
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 Valanginian to the top of the Holocene or 139.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 132.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 132.9 Ma
Collections (377 total)
Oldest occurrences | |||
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valanginian | Austria (Perneck) | Sporolithon rude (221600) | |
| Hauterivian | Spain | Sporolithon phylloideum, Sporolithon rude (56707) Sporolithon rude, Sporolithon phylloideum (56708) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian - Aptian | Romania | Sporolithon phylloideum, Sporolithon rude (221641) | |
| Aptian | Romania | Sporolithon rude (221640) | |
| Aptian | France (Provence) | Sporolithon rude (221613) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | Spain | Sporolithon rude (82690) | |
| Early/Lower Aptian | Romania | Sporolithon rude (146235 146242 146251) | |
| Albian | India | Sporolithon sp. (222127) | |
| Albian | India (Tamil Nadu) | Sporolithon lugeoni (219377) Sporolithon sp. (219380) | |
| Albian | Brazil | Heydrichia poignantii (157860) | |
| Middle Albian | Egypt (Sinai) | Sporolithon sp. (50272) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | Egypt (Sinai) | Sporolithon rude (50273) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | Egypt | Sporolithon rude (193571) | |
| Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian | Brazil | Sporolithon amphiroaeformis (157870) | |
| Cenomanian | Romania (Moldavia) | Sporolithon rude (221495) | |
| Cenomanian | Italy (Sardinia) | Sporolithon indet. (163302) | |
| Cenomanian | Brazil (Rio Grande do Norte) | Sporolithon sp. (221899) | |
| Senonian | India | Archaeolithothamnium lugeoni (155339) | |
| Santonian | Italy (Sassari) | Sporolithon sp. (221878) | |
| Santonian - Campanian | Romania (West Moldavia) | Sporolithon sp. (221877) | |