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Lithothamnion
Taxonomy
Lithothamnion was named by Heydrich (1897). It is extant.
It was assigned to Melobesieae by Johnson (1945); to Corallinaceae by Howe (1934), Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Moussavian (1984), Rasser (1994); to Hapalidiaceae by Bucek and Kohler (2017); to Melobesioideae by Heydrich (1897), Souaya (1963), Bailey and Chapman (1998), Stockar (2000), Misra et al. (2001), Mirsa et al. (2002), Rasser and Nebelsick (2003), Saxena et al. (2005), Misra et al. (2006), Jauhri et al. (2006), Schneider and Wynne (2007), Kroeger (2007), Granier et al. (2008), Gale (2009), Vannucci et al. (2010), Singh et al. (2010), Kundal (2011), Sarkar et al. (2011), Leszczynski et al. (2012), Chaurpagar et al. (2012), Kundal et al. (2013), Ghosh and Sarkar (2013), Hrabovsky et al. (2016), Kundal et al. (2016), Tripalo (2017), Sarkar (2017), Sarkar and Rao (2018), Humblet et al. (2019), Roozpeykar et al. (2019); and to Lithothamniacae by Hrabovsky et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Melobesieae by Johnson (1945); to Corallinaceae by Howe (1934), Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Moussavian (1984), Rasser (1994); to Hapalidiaceae by Bucek and Kohler (2017); to Melobesioideae by Heydrich (1897), Souaya (1963), Bailey and Chapman (1998), Stockar (2000), Misra et al. (2001), Mirsa et al. (2002), Rasser and Nebelsick (2003), Saxena et al. (2005), Misra et al. (2006), Jauhri et al. (2006), Schneider and Wynne (2007), Kroeger (2007), Granier et al. (2008), Gale (2009), Vannucci et al. (2010), Singh et al. (2010), Kundal (2011), Sarkar et al. (2011), Leszczynski et al. (2012), Chaurpagar et al. (2012), Kundal et al. (2013), Ghosh and Sarkar (2013), Hrabovsky et al. (2016), Kundal et al. (2016), Tripalo (2017), Sarkar (2017), Sarkar and Rao (2018), Humblet et al. (2019), Roozpeykar et al. (2019); and to Lithothamniacae by Hrabovsky et al. (2021).
Species
L. aggregatum, L. andrusovi, L. aucklandicum, L. betieri, L. bourcartii, L. camarasae, L. caravellense, L. cardinellense, L. corallinaeforme, L. corallioides, L. crispatum, L. florea, L. giammarinoi, L. grahami, L. ishigakensis, L. laminosum, L. libanum, L. luxurum, L. magnum, L. manni, L. meganosium, L. microphyllum, L. minervae, L. moreti, L. muelleri, L. nannosporum, L. nummuliticum, L. obstrusum, L. operculatum, L. orbiculatum, L. ponzonense, L. praefruticulosum, L. romosissimum (syn. Palaeothamnium archaeotypum), L. roveretoi, L. saxorum, L. suganum, L. tectifons, L. undulatum, L. valens, L. validum, L. wallisium, Lithothamnium aggregatum, Lithothamnium alasanii, Lithothamnium aucklandicum, Lithothamnium bofilli, Lithothamnium bourcarti, Lithothamnium cuvillieri, Lithothamnium disarmonicum, Lithothamnium gaschei, Lithothamnium lacroixi, Lithothamnium ladronicum, Lithothamnium laminosum, Lithothamnium macrosporangicum, Lithothamnium malthi, Lithothamnium microcellulosum, Lithothamnium microphyllum, Lithothamnium montainvillense, Lithothamnium moreti, Lithothamnium nitidum, Lithothamnium operculatum, Lithothamnium parvulum, Lithothamnium pecki, Lithothamnium pentagonum, Lithothamnium praefruticulosum, Lithothamnium prascoi, Lithothamnium ramosissimum, Lithothamnium raoi, Lithothamnium saipanense, Lithothamnium saxorum, Lithothamnium subtile, Lithothamnium torulosum, Lithothamnium trinidadensum, Lithothamnium viallii
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1897 | Lithothamnion Heydrich |
| 1934 | Lithothamnion Howe p. 512 |
| 1945 | Lithothamnion Johnson figs. Table 1 |
| 1963 | Lithothamnion Souaya |
| 1976 | Lithothamnion Lakhanpal et al. |
| 1976 | Lithothamnium Lakhanpal et al. |
| 1984 | Lithothamnion Moussavian |
| 1994 | Lithothamnion Rasser p. 198 |
| 1998 | Lithothamnion Bailey and Chapman p. 694 |
| 2000 | Lithothamnion Stockar p. 413 |
| 2001 | Lithothamnion Misra et al. p. 322 |
| 2002 | Lithothamnion Mirsa et al. |
| 2003 | Lithothamnion Rasser and Nebelsick |
| 2005 | Lithothamnion Saxena et al. p. 282 |
| 2006 | Lithothamnion Jauhri et al. |
| 2006 | Lithothamnion Misra et al. p. 32 |
| 2007 | Lithothamnion Kroeger p. 12 |
| 2007 | Lithothamnion Schneider and Wynne |
| 2008 | Lithothamnion Granier et al. p. 313 |
| 2009 | Lithothamnion Gale p. 92 |
| 2010 | Lithothamnion Singh et al. |
| 2010 | Lithothamnion Vannucci et al. p. 224 |
| 2011 | Lithothamnion Kundal |
| 2011 | Lithothamnion Sarkar et al. |
| 2012 | Lithothamnion Chaurpagar et al. |
| 2012 | Lithothamnion Leszczynski et al. p. 374 figs. Table 1 |
| 2013 | Lithothamnion Ghosh and Sarkar |
| 2013 | Lithothamnion Kundal et al. |
| 2016 | Lithothamnion Hrabovsky et al. p. 503 |
| 2016 | Lithothamnion Kundal et al. |
| 2017 | Lithothamnion Bucek and Kohler |
| 2017 | Lithothamnion Sarkar p. 16 |
| 2017 | Lithothamnion Tripalo p. 14 |
| 2018 | Lithothamnion Sarkar and Rao p. 771 |
| 2019 | Lithothamnion Humblet et al. figs. Table 1 |
| 2019 | Lithothamnion Roozpeykar et al. p. 1605 |
| 2021 | Lithothamnion Hrabovsky et al. |
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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. Lithothamnion Heydrich 1897
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†Lithothamnion aggregatum Lemoine 1939
†Lithothamnion andrusovi Lemoine 1934
Lithothamnion aucklandicum Foslie 1907
†Lithothamnion betieri Lemoine 1939
†Lithothamnion bourcartii Lemoine 1924
Lithothamnion camarasae Pfender 1926
†Lithothamnion caravellense Lemoine 1939
Lithothamnion cardinellense Fravega et al. 1993
Lithothamnion corallinaeforme Lemoine 1923
†Lithothamnion corallioides Batters 1892
†Lithothamnion crispatum Hauck 1878
†Lithothamnion florea Millet 1854
†Lithothamnion florea brassica Millet 1854
†Lithothamnion giammarinoi Fravega et al. 1993
†Lithothamnion grahami Johnson and Stewart 1953
†Lithothamnion ishigakensis Johnson 1962
†Lithothamnion laminosum Howe 1934
†Lithothamnion libanum Edgell and Basson 1975
†Lithothamnion luxurum Johnson and Stewart 1953
†Lithothamnion magnum Caoeder 1900
†Lithothamnion manni Johnson and Stewart 1953
†Lithothamnion meganosium Johnson and Stewart 1953
Lithothamnion microphyllum Maslov 1956
†Lithothamnion minervae Basso 1995
Lithothamnion moreti Lemoine 1927
†Lithothamnion muelleri Rosanoff 1866
Lithothamnion nannosporum Johnson and Ferris 1949
†Lithothamnion nummuliticum Gee 1926
†Lithothamnion obstrusum Airoldi 1932
†Lithothamnion operculatum Conti 1945
Lithothamnion orbiculatum Foslie 1895
Lithothamnion ponzonense Conti 1943
Lithothamnion praefruticulosum Maslov 1956
†Lithothamnion romosissimum Reuss 1847
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Invalid names: Palaeothamnium archaeotypum Conti 1945 [synonym]
†Lithothamnion roveretoi Airoldi 1970
†Lithothamnion saxorum Capeder 1900
†Lithothamnion suganum Gee 1926
†Lithothamnion tectifons Mastrorilli 1968
†Lithothamnion undulatum Capeder 1900
Lithothamnion valens Foslie 1909
Lithothamnion validum Foslie 1895
†Lithothamnion wallisium Johnson and Tafur 1952
Invalid names: Lithothamnium Philippi [replaced]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. Stockar 2000 | Diagnostic features preservable in fossil material
Thallus nongeniculate. internal construction monomerous. core filaments non-coaxial, cells of adjacent filaments joined by fusions, secondary pit connections (i.e. between adjacent filaments) absent, epithallial cells flattened (frequently appearing flared), meristems with cells as long as or longer than their immediate inward derivatives, multiporate asexual conceptacles. |
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Holocene or 119.57000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.2 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.2 Ma
Collections (518 total)
Oldest occurrences | |||
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Aptian | Japan | Lithothamnium sp. (26197 49990) | |
| Albian | India (Tamil Nadu) | L. sp. (219378) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | Brazil (Sergipe) | Lithothamnium regonis (87857) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Iraq | L. sp. (148366) | |
| Late/Upper Cretaceous | Greece | Lithothamnium mamillosum (143454) | |
| Early/Lower Coniacian | Austria | Lithothamnium sp. (24265 24266) | |
| Santonian | France | Lithothamnium exigum (148656) | |
| Santonian | Greece | Lithothamnium mamillosum, Lithothamnium sp. I (143451) | |
| Campanian - Maastrichtian | Slovakia | Lithothamnium cuvillieri (88186) | |
| Maastrichtian | France | Lithothamnium villaegranis (145807) | |
| Danian | Austria (Niederösterreich) | Lithothamnium applanatum, Lithothamnium kuehni, Lithothamnium sp. (87002) | |
| Danian | Poland (Lesser Poland Voivodeship) | L. sp. (215834) | |
| Danian | India (Tamil Nadu) | Lithothamnium sp., Lithothamnium raoi (221514) | |
| Danian | Austria (Salzburg) | Lithothamnium sp., Lithothamnium applanatum (87003) | |
| Danian | Spain | L. sp. (68902) | |
| Danian - Selandian | Iraq (Nawshiwan) | L. ramosissimum, Lithothamnium androsovi, Lithothamnium operculatum (215966) | |
| Danian - Selandian | China (Tibet) | L. sp. (215941 215947) | |
| Danian - Thanetian | Italy | L. sp. (24269) | |
| Danian - Thanetian | Slovakia (Stara Ludovna) | L. sp. (215962) | |
| Danian - Thanetian | Slovakia (Cadca) | L. sp. (215963) | |