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Sporolithon afonense âśť
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Rank | species (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Rhodophyta : Rhodophyceae : Corallinales : Sporolithaceae : Sporolithon : Sporolithon afonense | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 56.0 - 47.8 Ma Eocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 56.0 - 47.8 Ma Eocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | D. Bassi, J. C. Braga, and E. Zakrevskaya, P. Radionova. 2007. Redescription of the type collections of Maslov’s species of Corallinales (Rhodophyta). II. Species included by Maslov in Archaeolithothamnium Rothpletz, 1891. Revista Española de PaleontologĂa 22(2):115-125 |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1962 | Archaeolithothamnium afonense Maslov |
2007 | Sporolithon afonense Bassi et al. |
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!