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Lithoporella
Source Data |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Rhodophyta : Florideophyceae : Corallinales : Corallinaceae : Lithoporella | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Rhodophyta : Rhodophyceae : Corallinales : Corallinaceae : Lithoporella | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Lithoporella (Foslie) Foslie, 1909 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (33%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 125 - 122 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 algal facies and their palaeoenvironments in the Late Eocene of northern Italy (Calcare di Nago, Trento). Facies 39:179-202 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Lithoporella antiquitas species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lithoporella atlantica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lithoporella indica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lithoporella longicella species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lithoporella melobesioides species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 96 | 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0.01 Ma Pleistocene | |
Lithoporella minus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 7 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 13.8 Ma Miocene |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1909 | Lithoporella Foslie |
1998 | Lithoporella Bassi |
2003 | Lithoporella Rasser and Nebelsick p. 95 |
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!