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Sporolithon ptychoides
| Description | Sporolithon ptychoides is a species of crustose red seaweed with a hard, calcareous skeleton in the family Corallinaceae. It has a widespread distribution, being present in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, the Mediterranean Sea and the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sporolithon_ptychoides, 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 : Sporolithaceae : Sporolithon : Sporolithon ptychoides | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Rhodophyta : Rhodophyceae : Corallinales : Sporolithaceae : Sporolithon : Sporolithon ptychoides | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Generic Name | Sporolithon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Sporolithon ptychoides Heydr. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 13.7 - 12.7 Ma Miocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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. 1998. Coralline algal facies and their palaeoenvironments in the Late Eocene of northern Italy (Calcare di Nago, Trento). Facies 39:179-202 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sporolithon_ptychoides |
Fossil Distribution
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Sporolithon dimotum Yam.-Tomita (Foslie & M.A.Howe) | GBIF | species | Plantae : Rhodophyta : Florideophyceae : Corallinales : Sporolithaceae : Sporolithon : Sporolithon dimotum |
| Sporolithon mediterraneum Heydr. | GBIF | species | Plantae : Rhodophyta : Florideophyceae : Corallinales : Sporolithaceae : Sporolithon : Sporolithon mediterraneum |
| Archaeolithothamnion dimotum Foslie & Howe | GBIF | species | Plantae : Rhodophyta : Florideophyceae : Corallinales : Sporolithaceae : Sporolithon : Archaeolithothamnion dimotum |
| Sporolithon dimotum Yam.-Tomita ex M.J.Wynne (Foslie & M.A.Howe) | GBIF | species | Plantae : Rhodophyta : Florideophyceae : Corallinales : Sporolithaceae : Sporolithon : Sporolithon dimotum |
| Archaeolithothamnion mediterraneum Foslie, 1901 (Heydrich) | GBIF | species | Plantae : Rhodophyta : Florideophyceae : Corallinales : Sporolithaceae : Sporolithon : Archaeolithothamnion mediterraneum |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1897 | Sporolithon ptychoides Heydrich |
| 2007 | Sporolithon ptychoides Tomas 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!
