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Lithothamnion giammarinoi ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)384450https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=384450
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Plantae : Rhodophyta : Rhodophyceae : Corallinales : Hapalidiaceae : Lithothamnion : Lithothamnion giammarinoi
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
kingdomPlantaeHaeckel 1866
subkingdomBiliphytaCavalier-Smith 1981
phylumRhodophytaWettstein 1922
classRhodophyceaeRuprecht 1851
orderCorallinalesSilva and Johansen 1986
familyHapalidiaceaeGrey 1864
subfamilyMelobesioideaeBizzozero 1885
genusLithothamnionHeydrich 1897
speciesLithothamnion giammarinoiFravega et al. 1993
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Lithothamnion giammarinoispeciesbelongs to Lithothamnionstated with evidenceFravega et al., 1993
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene
Last Recorded Appearance33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene
Environmentcoastal,inner shelf,marine (based on Rhodophyceae)
Motilitystationary (based on Rhodophyceae)
Dietphotoautotroph (based on Rhodophyceae)
Taphonomyhigh Mg calcite,porous (based on Rhodophyceae)
Primary Reference (PBDB)D. Basso, G. Coletti, and V. A. Bracchi, M. Yazdi-Moghadam. 2019. Lower Oligocene coralline algae of the Uromieh section (Qom Formation, NW Iran) and the oldest record of Titanoderma pustulatum (Corallinophycidae, Rhodophyta). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 125(1):197-218

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1993Lithothamnion giammarinoi Fravega et al.

References

Basso D., Coletti G., et al (2019) Lower Oligocene coralline algae of the Uromieh section (Qom Formation, NW Iran) and the oldest record of Titanoderma pustulatum (Corallinophycidae, Rhodophyta), Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 125 1, 197-218
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!
 
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