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Lithophyllon
Taxonomy
Lithophyllon was named by Rehberg (1892) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-u R]. It is extant. Its type is Lithophyllon undulatum.
It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Fungiidae by Wells (1956), Gittenberger et al. (2011).
It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Fungiidae by Wells (1956), Gittenberger et al. (2011).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Clapham on 2026-04-17
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1892 | Lithophyllon Rehberg |
| 1956 | Lithophyllon Wells |
| 1966 | Fungia (Verrillofungia) Wells |
| 2002 | Lithophyllon Sepkoski |
| 2002 | Verrillofungia Sepkoski |
| 2011 | Lithophyllon Gittenberger et al. p. 121 |
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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. Lithophyllon Rehberg 1892
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†Lithophyllon priorum Oppenheim 1901
Lithophyllon repanda Dana 1846
Lithophyllon undulatum Rehberg 1892
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Invalid names: Podabacia lobata van der Horst 1921 [synonym]
Invalid names: Verrillofungia Wells 1966 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 37.71000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Collections (31 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Eocene | Ukraine (Dnipropetrovska Oblast) | L. priorum (86682) | |
| Priabonian | Ukraine | L. priorum (77068) | |
| Burdigalian | Iran | L. sp. (25258) L. spinosa (25257) | |
| Messinian | Tanzania | L. sp. (202214) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Indonesia (Java) | Fungia concinna (45343 45344) | |
| Pliocene | Indonesia (Maluku) | Fungia concinna (127844) | |
| Pliocene | Papua New Guinea | Fungia sp., Fungia repanda, Fungia concinna (42736) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Saudi Arabia | Fungia repanda, Fungia concinna (80954) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Indonesia | Fungia repanda, Fungia concinna (45332) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Indonesia | Fungia concinna (42739) | |
| Pleistocene | Sudan | Fungia repanda (101414) | |
| Pleistocene | Egypt (Sinai) | Fungia repanda (146613) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | Japan | Podabacia lobata (63138) Podabacia lobata, Podabacia vanderhorsti, Podabacia nomaensis (63137) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | Indonesia (Talaud) | Fungia concinna (42738) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Egypt | Fungia concinna (120203) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | New Caledonia | Fungia concinna (90051) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Japan | L. sp. (88596) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Saudi Arabia | Fungia repanda, Fungia concinna (80955 80958 80962 80963) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Eritrea | Fungia repanda, Fungia concinna (80719) Fungia repanda, Fungia concinna, Fungia plana (93827) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Djibouti | Fungia plana (102228) | |
| Holocene | Japan | L. undulatum (165553 165554 165555) | |
| Holocene | Japan (Chiba) | L. undulatum (97528) |