Family Spongitaceae Kutzing 1843 (red algae)

Florideophyceae - Corallinophycidae

Parent taxon: Corallinales according to A.C. Rebelo et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Amorfia, Archaeolithothamnium, Archamphiroa, Corallinaceae, Craticulaceae, Graticula, Halysis, Hydrolithaceae, Lithophyllaceae, Nematothallopsis, Phormidioidea, Razumovskya, Sorithamnion, Stacheoides, Tetonophycus, Yukonella

Subtaxa: Neogoniolithon Spongites

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Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (10 collections), the Bahamas (4), Barbados (4), Cayman Islands (1), French Polynesia (8), Greece (1), India (3), Italy (1), Japan (7), Maldives (1), New Caledonia (1), Papua New Guinea (2), Portugal (2), United States (4: Hawaii), Vanuatu (2)

• Pliocene of China (1), Italy (3), Spain (6)

• Miocene of Albania (1), Croatia (2), Cyprus (3), the Czech Republic (1), Egypt (1), France (7), Hungary (1), India (5), Indonesia (5), Italy (20), Portugal (2), Romania (4), Slovakia (1), Spain (11)

• Oligocene of China (1), Egypt (1), India (2), Iran (1), Italy (12), Malta (4), Slovenia (11), Spain (4)

• Eocene of Australia (2), Austria (1), Germany (1), Greece (14), India (11), Italy (7), Romania (1), Spain (2)

• Paleocene of France (1), India (4), Poland (1)

• Permian of Italy (1)

Total: 207 collections including 292 occurrences

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