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Lithoporella melobesioides
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Rank | species | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Rhodophyta : Florideophyceae : Corallinales : Corallinaceae : Lithoporella : Lithoporella melobesioides | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Rhodophyta : Rhodophyceae : Corallinales : Corallinaceae : Lithoporella : Lithoporella melobesioides | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Generic Name | Lithoporella | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scientific Name | Lithoporella melobesioides (Foslie) Foslie, 1909 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 122 - 112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Corallinaceae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached, epibiont (based on Corallinaceae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | photoautotroph (based on Corallinaceae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Corallinaceae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | D. Bassi. 1998. Coralline Red Algae (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) from the Upper Eocene Calcare di Nago (Lake Garda, Northern Italy). Annali Universitá di Ferrara 7 (suppl.):5-51 |
Fossil Distribution
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Mastophora melobesioides Foslie, 1903 | GBIF | species | Plantae : Rhodophyta : Florideophyceae : Corallinales : Corallinaceae : Lithoporella : Mastophora melobesioides |
Mastophora conjuncta Foslie | GBIF | species | Plantae : Rhodophyta : Florideophyceae : Corallinales : Corallinaceae : Lithoporella : Mastophora conjuncta |
Melobesia melobesioides Lemoine, 1927 (Foslie) | GBIF | species | Plantae : Rhodophyta : Florideophyceae : Corallinales : Corallinaceae : Lithoporella : Melobesia melobesioides |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1909 | Lithoporella melobesioides Foslie |
References
Bassi D. (1998) Coralline Red Algae (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) from the Upper Eocene Calcare di Nago (Lake Garda, Northern Italy), Annali Universitá di Ferrara 7 (suppl.), 5-51 |
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!