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Lithophyllum

Florideophyceae - Corallinales - Lithophyllaceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Lithophyllum Philippi
1934Lithophyllum Howe p. 514
1943Lithophyllum Setchell
1945Lithophyllum Johnson figs. Table 1
1976Lithophyllum Lakhanpal et al.
1989Lithophyllum Martin et al.
1993Lithophyllum Braga et al.
1998Lithophyllum Bailey and Chapman p. 694
2002Lithophyllum Mirsa et al.
2005Lithophyllum Saxena et al. p. 281
2006Lithophyllum Jauhri et al.
2006Lithophyllum Misra et al. p. 32
2007Lithophyllum Kroeger p. 5
2007Lithophyllum Schneider and Wynne
2009Lithophyllum Iryu et al.
2009Lithophyllum Misra et al. p. 327
2011Lithophyllum Kundal
2012Lithophyllum Chaurpagar et al.
2015Lithophyllum Kishore et al. p. 62
2016Lithophyllum Hrabovsky et al. p. 513
2016Lithophyllum Misra et al. p. 311
2016Lithophyllum Sarkar et al. p. 72
2017Lithophyllum Bucek and Kohler
2017Lithophyllum Kishore et al. p. 210
2017Lithophyllum Sarkar p. 16
2019Lithophyllum Humblet et al. figs. Table 1
2021Lithophyllum Rebelo et al. p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomRhodoplantaeSaunders and Hommersand 2004
phylumRhodophytaWettstein 1922
subphylumEurhodophytina
classFlorideophyceaeCronquist 1960
RankNameAuthor
subclassCorallinophycidae()
orderCorallinalesSilva and Johansen 1986
familyLithophyllaceaeAthanasiadis 2016
subfamilyLithophylloideaeSetchell 1943
genusLithophyllumPhilippi 1837

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. Lithophyllum Philippi 1837
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Lithophyllum bassanense Mastrorilli 1973
Lithophyllum bonyense Johnson 1964
Lithophyllum capederi Lemoine 1925
Lithophyllum dentatum Kützing 1841
Lithophyllum ghorabi Souaya 1963
Lithophyllum heteromorphum Mastrorilli 1967
Lithophyllum incrustans Philippi 1837
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Invalid names: Lithophyllum viennotti Lemoine 1929 [synonym]
Lithophyllum indicum Sastry et al. 1963
Lithophyllum intumescens Mastrorilli 1967
Lithophyllum kamptneri Mastrorilli 1967
Lithophyllum lateporatum Mastrorilli 1973
Lithophyllum minimum Mastrorilli 1967
Lithophyllum nitorum Adey and Adey 1973
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Invalid names: Lithophyllum mgarrense Bosence 1983 [synonym]
Lithophyllum personatum Airoldi 1932
Lithophyllum profundum Johnson 1954
Lithophyllum quadratum Ishijima 1954
Lithophyllum royoi Miranda 1935
Lithophyllum simplex Lemoine 1927
Lithophyllum vicetinum Mastrorilli 1973
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 Pridoli to the top of the Holocene or 423.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 419.2 Ma

Collections (491 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Tajikistan L. sokolovi (169307 169308)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Germany L. sp. (25535 50421 50512)
Albian113.0 - 100.5India (Tamil Nadu) L. sp. (219378 219379)
Albian113.0 - 100.5India L. altemicellum (148391)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Portugal L. shebae (145812)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Iraq L. shebae, L. sp. (148337) L. sp. (148341 148345 148346 148348 148349 148352 148353 148354 148355) L. sp., L. shebae, L. venezuelaersis (148338) L. venezuelaersis (148339 148342 148343 148344 148351) L. venezuelaersis, L. shebae (148335 148336 148347) L. venezuelaersis, L. sp. (148340 148350)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Portugal L. shebae (145814)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Ukraine (Khmelnytski) L. premoluccense (222613)
Senonian100.5 - 66.0India L. sp. A, L. sp. B, L. sp. (155339)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Iraq L. sp. (148356 148357 148360 148363 148364 148365 148367) L. venezuelaersis, L. shebae, L. sp. (148358) L. venezuelaersis, L. sp. (148361)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6France L. sp. (148656)
Santonian - Campanian86.3 - 72.1Slovakia L. sp. (88271)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Ukraine (Khmelnytski) L. translucidum (222614)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Slovakia L. sp. (88186)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0France L. senonicum (149310) L. sp. (145809)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Ukraine (Khmelnytski) L. senonicum (222612)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Poland (Lesser Poland Voivodeship) L. sp. (215834)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Ukraine (Khmelnytski) L. conocristatum (222607) L. dioscurensum (222608) L. pavlovii (222610)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Austria (Salzburg) L. sp., L. pisolithicum (87003)
Danian66.0 - 61.6India (Tamil Nadu) L. sp. (221612) L. sp., L. indicum (221514)