Archaeolithophyllaceae
Archaeolithophyllaceae Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
(unranked): | Archaeplastida |
Division: | Rhodophyta |
Class: | Florideophyceae |
Stem group: | Corallinales |
Family: | †Archaeolithophyllaceae |
The Archaeolithophyllaceae are a family of algae that are thought to represent the stem lineage of the corallinaceae.[1]
See also[]
- Coralline algae#Evolution
- Other stem-group corallines:
- Arenigiphyllum (Ordovician)
- Petrophyton (Ordovician : Caradoc)
- Graticula (Silurian : Wenlock)
- Halysis (Ordovician)
- Archaeolithophyllum (Pennsylvanian)
- ?Maimonachaetetes (Mississippian)
- ?Palaeoaplysina (Pennsylvanian – Permian; possibly an animal)
- ? Solenoporaceae (Ordovician)
References[]
- ^ a b Cózar, P. (2003). "Neoprincipia nov. gen., a new Mississippian red alga, and remarks on the Archaeolithophyllaceae (Rhodophyta)". Geobios. 36 (5): 505–517. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(03)00060-3.
Categories:
- Fossil algae
- Mississippian first appearances
- Guadalupian extinctions
- Rhodophyta stubs