Palaeothamnium Conti 1945 (red algae)

Florideophyceae - Corallinales - Corallinophycidae

Parent taxon: Corallinaceae according to A. Pisera 1985

Sister taxa: Amphiroideae, Aquirrea, Bicorium, Chamberlainoideae, Corallinoideae, Dermatolithon, Goniolithon, Kymalithon, Leptolithophyllum, Lysvaella, Melobesieae, Mesolithon, Metagoniolithoideae, Neodasyporella, Neogoniolithoideae, Palaeophyllum, Palaeoporolithon, Paleophyllum, Parakymalithon, Paralithoporella, Paraphyllum, Paraporolithon, Paulsilvella, Pomatophyllum, Siamporidium, Subterraniphyllum

Subtaxa: Palaeothamnium kossovense

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Type: Palaeothamnium archaeotypum

Ecology: stationary epifaunal "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Miocene of Poland (5 collections)

• Eocene of the Dominican Republic (1), France (2)

• Paleocene of China (1), Poland (1), Slovakia (1)

Total: 11 collections including 13 occurrences

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