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Melobesioideae
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| Rank | subfamily (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Rhodophyta : Rhodophyceae : Corallinales : Hapalidiaceae : Melobesioideae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 59 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 38 (64%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 235 - 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | coastal,inner shelf,marine (based on Rhodophyceae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary (based on Rhodophyceae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | photoautotroph (based on Rhodophyceae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | high Mg calcite,porous (based on Rhodophyceae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. C. Bailey and R. L. Chapman. 1998. A phylogenetic study of the Corallinales (Rhodophyta) based on nuclear small-subunit rRNA gene sequences. Journal of Phycology 34:692-705 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Aethesolithon β genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 10 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 0.13 Ma Pleistocene | |
| Calliarthron β genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 23.0 Ma Miocene | |
| Lithothamnion genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 424 | 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Mesophyllum genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 279 | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Phymatolithon genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 19 | 59.2 Ma Paleocene | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1885 | Melobesioideae Bizzozero |
| 1998 | Melobesioideae Bailey and Chapman p. 694 |
| 2012 | Melobesioideae Mude and Kundal |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
