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

Archaeolithothamnium

Florideophyceae - Corallinales

Taxonomy
Archaeolithothamnium was named by Rothpletz (1891).

It was corrected as Sporolithon by Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Moussavian and Kuss (1990), Rasser (1994), Bassi (1998), Rasser and Piller (1999), Stockar (2000), Misra et al. (2001), Mirsa et al. (2002), Rasser and Nebelsick (2003), Kishore and Singh (2004), Misra et al. (2006), Misra et al. (2006), Mirsa et al. (2006), Jauhri et al. (2006), Kroeger (2007), Schneider and Wynne (2007), Hamad (2008), Singh et al. (2009), Misra et al. (2009), Iryu et al. (2009), Gale (2009), Vannucci et al. (2010), Singh et al. (2010), Le Gall et al. (2010), Kundal (2011), Misra et al. (2011), Sarkar et al. (2011), Leszczynski et al. (2012), Chaurpagar et al. (2012), Kundal et al. (2013), Ghosh and Sarkar (2013), Kishore et al. (2015), Hrabovsky et al. (2016), Tripalo (2017), Sarkar (2017), Kishore et al. (2017), Bucek and Kohler (2017), Sarkar and Rao (2018), Humblet et al. (2019), Roozpeykar et al. (2019) and Hrabovsky et al. (2021).

It was assigned to Corallinaceae by Andrews (1970), Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Moussavian and Kuss (1990), Squires and Demetrion (1992) and Rasser (1994); to Corallinales by Bryan et al. (1997); to Sporolithales by Le Gall et al. (2010); to Solenoporaceae by Kishore et al. (2015); to Sporolithoideae by Chaurpagar et al. (2012) and Tripalo (2017); and to Sporolithaceae by Bassi (1998), Rasser and Piller (1999), Stockar (2000), Misra et al. (2001), Mirsa et al. (2002), Rasser and Nebelsick (2003), Kishore and Singh (2004), Misra et al. (2006), Misra et al. (2006), Mirsa et al. (2006), Jauhri et al. (2006), Kroeger (2007), Schneider and Wynne (2007), Hamad (2008), Singh et al. (2009), Misra et al. (2009), Iryu et al. (2009), Gale (2009), Vannucci et al. (2010), Singh et al. (2010), Kundal (2011), Misra et al. (2011), Sarkar et al. (2011), Leszczynski et al. (2012), Kundal et al. (2013), Ghosh and Sarkar (2013), Hrabovsky et al. (2016), Sarkar (2017), Kishore et al. (2017), Bucek and Kohler (2017), Sarkar and Rao (2018), Humblet et al. (2019), Roozpeykar et al. (2019) and Hrabovsky et al. (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Archaeolithothamnium Rothpletz
1898Archaeolithothamnion Foslie
1945Archaeolithothamnion Johnson figs. Table 1
1953Archaeolithothamnion Johnson and Stewart
1970Archaeolithothamnium Andrews
1976Sporolithon Lakhanpal et al.
1990Sporolithon Moussavian and Kuss
1992Archaeolithothamnium Squires and Demetrion p. 12
1994Sporolithon Rasser p. 198
1997Archaeolithothamnium Bryan et al.
1998Sporolithon Bassi
1999Sporolithon Rasser and Piller p. 72
2000Sporolithon Stockar p. 413
2001Sporolithon Misra et al. p. 318
2002Sporolithon Mirsa et al.
2003Sporolithon Rasser and Nebelsick
2004Sporolithon Kishore and Singh p. 2
2006Sporolithon Jauhri et al.
2006Sporolithon Mirsa et al.
2006Sporolithon Misra et al.
2007Sporolithon Kroeger p. 12
2007Sporolithon Schneider and Wynne
2008Sporolithon Hamad p. 87
2009Sporolithon Gale p. 97
2009Sporolithon Iryu et al. figs. Table 1
2009Sporolithon Misra et al. p. 327
2009Sporolithon Singh et al. p. 21
2010Sporolithon Le Gall et al. p. 304 fig. 1
2010Sporolithon Singh et al.
2010Sporolithon Vannucci et al. p. 224
2011Sporolithon Kundal
2011Sporolithon Misra et al. p. 357
2011Sporolithon Sarkar et al.
2012Sporolithon Chaurpagar et al.
2012Sporolithon Leszczynski et al. p. 374
2013Sporolithon Ghosh and Sarkar
2013Sporolithon Kundal et al.
2015Sporolithon Kishore et al. p. 62
2016Sporolithon Hrabovsky et al. p. 502
2017Sporolithon Bucek and Kohler
2017Sporolithon Kishore et al. p. 213
2017Sporolithon Sarkar p. 16
2017Sporolithon Tripalo p. 21
2018Sporolithon Sarkar and Rao
2019Sporolithon Humblet et al. figs. Table 1
2019Sporolithon Roozpeykar et al. p. 1606
2021Sporolithon Hrabovsky et al.

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

RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomRhodoplantaeSaunders and Hommersand 2004
phylumRhodophytaWettstein 1922
subphylumEurhodophytina
RankNameAuthor
classFlorideophyceaeCronquist 1960
subclassCorallinophycidae()
orderCorallinalesSilva and Johansen 1986
genusArchaeolithothamniumRothpletz 1891

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.

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 Early/Lower Hauterivian to the top of the Holocene or 136.40000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 130.0 Ma

Collections (182 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Spain A. rude (34748)
Late/Upper Barremian - Aptian130.0 - 113.0Romania A. rude (148826)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0France A. rude (149337)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Portugal A. sp. (73204)
Barremian - Aptian129.4 - 113.0Austria A. sp. (74610)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0France A. amphiroaeforme (149809) A. rude (148421)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 112.03Romania A. rude (146992 147054 147061 147062 147063 147064 147065 147066 147067 147068)
Albian113.0 - 100.5France A. rude (148420 148654) A. rude, A. amphiroaeforme (149810)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Hungary A. rude (149157 149158 149159)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Spain A. sp. (23537)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France A. lycoperdioide (148599 148600 148606 148607 148608 148609 148610 148616)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France A. lycoperdioide (148596 148597 148598 148601 148602 148603 148604 148605 148611 148612 148613 148614 148615)
Turonian - Early/Lower Coniacian93.9 - 85.8Austria A. sp. (156228)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Tunisia A. sp. (161143)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3Spain A. rude (79728)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Austria A. sp. (24265 24266)
Senonian89.3 - 66.0India A. nongsteinensis, A. rude, A. sp., A. parisiense (155339)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Italy A. rude, A. gosaviense, A. cretaceum, A. provinciale, A. anastomosans, A. digitatum, A. brevium, A. penicillum, A. batalleri (149307)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6France A. rude, A. provinciale, A. lycoperdioide, A. gosaviense (148656) A. sp. (67011)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Germany A. gosaviense (74484) A. sp. (74482 74483 74485 74486)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Greece A. gosaviense (143451)
Santonian - Campanian86.3 - 72.1Slovakia A. sp. (88191 88271)
Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian85.8 - 70.6Romania A. gosaviense, A. hippuritorum, A. provinciale, A. rude, A. turonicum, A. sp. (147177)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Spain A. sp. (31572)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Slovakia A. sp. (88186)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (California) A. sp. (176363)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0France A. amphiroaeforme, A. cretaceum, A. ellipticum, A. lycoperdioide (149309) A. amphiroaeforme, A. gosaviense (149310) A. gosaviense (145809)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Austria (Niederösterreich) A. sp. (87002)
Danian66.0 - 61.6India (Tamil Nadu) A. saipanens, A. zonatum, A. pondicherriensis (221514) A. samanensis (224696)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Austria (Salzburg) A. sp. (87003)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Poland (Lesser Poland Voivodeship) A. sp. (215834)
Danian66.0 - 61.6France A. perplexum (22970)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Slovenia A. sp. (79285)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2China (Tibet) A. sp. (215939 215941 215947 215948)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0France A. gunteri (149308) A. gunteri, A. nongsteinensis (149311)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Slovakia (Presov) A. sp. (216381)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Iraq A. batalleri, A. parisiense, A. nummuliticum (138227) A. nummuliticum (138276) A. perplexum (138277) A. perplexum, A. oulianovi (138275)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Croatia A. sp. (87251)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Turkey (Trabzon) A. sp. (215864)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Turkey (Sivas) A. sp. (215863)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Alabama) A. sp. (34652 215785)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0India (Meghalaya) A. sp. (214602)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Slovakia A. mamillosum (88272) A. sp. (88185)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Turkey A. johnsoni, A. sp. (155376) A. sp. (155377)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.2 - 47.8Iraq (Nineveh) A. sp. (215883 215884)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.2 - 47.8Pakistan (Dera Ismail Khan) A. sp. (214820)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.2 - 47.8India (Meghalaya) A. sp. (215015 215016 215017 215018 215020)
Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene58.7 - 48.6Poland (Malopolskie) A. sp., A. varima, A. nummuliticum (216226)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Iraq (Kurdistan) A. dollonii (215075 215076 215077 215078)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Egypt (Red Sea Governate) A. sp. (215930)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Spain A. sp. (77001)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Mexico (Baja California Sur) A. sp. (5495 5496 5507)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France A. nummuliticum (149312 149313)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Iraq (Sulaymaniyah) A. sp. (215164)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Morocco A. sp. (76990 76991 77117)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Japan A. chamorrosum, A. fosteri, A. affine, A. parisiense, A. nummuliticum (143494) A. fosteri (143497) A. fosteri, A. affine, A. nummuliticum (143495) A. fosteri, A. affine, A. parisiense, A. nummuliticum (143510) A. fosteri, A. liberum, A. affine, A. parisiense, A. nummuliticum (143511) A. fosteri, A. nummuliticum (143504) A. nummuliticum (143496 143512)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Pakistan A. zonatum, A. lakiensis, A. nammalensis (147459)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Greece A. johnsoni (143453)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6India (Meghalaya) A. hemchandrae, A. nonsteinensis (224695)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2USA (Florida) A. dalloni, A. floridanum, A. gunteri, A. sp., A. parisiense (147699)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene48.6 - 33.9Greece A. dallonii, A. nummuliticum (143318)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Spain (Cataluna) A. affine (76987)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Bavaria) A. nummuliticum (10963) A. nummuliticum, A. oulianovi (10703)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Guam A. saipanense (150007 150008 150009)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Georgia) A. sp. (90567)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Italy (Vicenza) A. sp. (69701)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Italy A. sp. (70053)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Mexico (Chiapas) A. sp. (31271)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Italy A. oulianovii (36242 36253 36254) A. statiellense, A. varium (36248) A. varium (36251)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Guam A. lauense (150001 150002 150003)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Guam A. taiwanensis (150005)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Egypt A. sp. (147617 147619)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Australia (Western Australia) A. sp. (34466)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Lebanon A. cyrenaicum (147452) A. lauense, A. batuense (147451) A. taiwanense (147450)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Poland A. intermedium (149167) A. lvovicum, A. sp. (70539) A. lvovicum, A. sp., A. intermedium (149161)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan A. megamiensis (70064)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Italy A. lauensum (148862)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Spain A. sp. (70514)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Israel A. fijiense (143280) A. sp. A (143289) A. sp. B (143290)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Malta A. affine (141544 141551) A. affine, A. intermedium (141543) A. intermedium (140979)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Egypt A. erythraeum (147632 147638 147640 147641 147642)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Egypt A. erythraeum (147648 147650)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117French Polynesia A. sp. (97468)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Mauritius A. sp. (81015)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India A. sp. (76319)