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Porolithon
| Description | Porolithon is a genus of red algae comprising 24 species. The Porolithon are the primary reef building algae. When coral reefs reach sea level, the corals break under the high energy impact of the waves, while the coralline red algae, primarily Porolithon, continuing building and cementing the reef structure. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porolithon, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source Data |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Rhodophyta : Florideophyceae : Corallinales : Corallinaceae : Porolithon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Rhodophyta : Rhodophyceae : Corallinales : Corallinaceae : Porolithon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Porolithon Foslie, 1909 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 13.7 - 12.7 Ma Miocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | P. Kundal and A. P. Dharashivkar. 2005. Record of rhodoliths from Aramda Reef Member (Late Pleistocene to Holocene) of Chaya Formation, Dwarka-Okha area, Gujarat and their paleoenvironmental significance. Current Science 88(10):1684-1689 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | ポロリトン | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porolithon |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Porolithon castellum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Porolithon improcerum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Porolithon marshallense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Porolithon marshallensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Porolithon onkodes species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 2005 | Porolithon Kundal and Dharashivkar |
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!
