Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Porolithon

Florideophyceae - Corallinales - Corallinaceae

Taxonomy
Porolithon is a genus.

It was assigned to Corallinaceae by Kundal and Dharashivkar (2005); to Mastophoroideae by Misra et al. (2016) and Sarkar (2017); and to Metagoniolithoideae by Humblet et al. (2019).

Species
P. craspedium
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. pachydermum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Porolithon Kundal and Dharashivkar
2016Porolithon Misra et al. p. 311
2017Porolithon Sarkar p. 16
2019Porolithon Humblet et al. figs. Table 1

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomRhodoplantaeSaunders and Hommersand 2004
phylumRhodophytaWettstein 1922
subphylumEurhodophytina
classFlorideophyceaeCronquist 1960
RankNameAuthor
subclassCorallinophycidae()
orderCorallinalesSilva and Johansen 1986
familyCorallinaceaeLamouroux 1816
subfamilyMetagoniolithoideae
genusPorolithon

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.

show all | hide all
†Porolithon craspedium Foslie 1909
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitef
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Epibiont: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: "photoautotroph"f
Created: 2005-06-21 06:27:21
Modified: 2005-06-21 08:27:21
Source: f = family
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Badenian to the top of the Holocene or 13.65000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland P. sp. (37370 37371)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Guam P. craspedium (150013)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) P. gardineri (22975)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Marshall Islands P. gardineri, P. marshallense (150332)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Barbados P. sp. (148825)
Middle Pleistocene (interglacial)0.774 - 0.129Barbados P. sp. (88831)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Maldives P. gardineri (83646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Seychelles P. sp. (89247)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) P. gardineri (184506)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117India (Gujarat) P. sp. (80599 80600 80601)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mauritius P. sp. (81015)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands P. sp. (80823)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands Antilles P. pachydermum (80902)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117French Polynesia P. sp. (97467)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Rio Grande de Norte) P. pachydermum (222394)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Barbados P. pachydermum (148710)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Lakshadweep Islands) P. craspedium (222392 222393)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Marshall Islands P. gardineri, P. marshallense, P. aequinoctiale, P. craspedium (150331)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Pernambuco) P. pachydermum (97706)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Hawaii) P. gardineri (97451 97452)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) P. gardineri (222382 222385 222386 222387 222388 222389)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Papua New Guinea (Morobe) P. gardineri (97437 97438)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia P. sp. (97470)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cayman Islands P. sp. (97605)