Lithothamnion meganosium Johnson and Stewart 1953 (red algae)

Florideophyceae - Corallinophycidae

Full reference: J. H. Johnson and W. A. Stewart. 1953. Eocene Coralline Algae from the Meganos Formation, California. 27(1):130-136

Belongs to Lithothamnion according to J. H. Johnson and W. A. Stewart 1953

Sister taxa: Lithothamnion aggregatum, Lithothamnion andrusovi, Lithothamnion aucklandicum, Lithothamnion betieri, Lithothamnion bourcartii, Lithothamnion camarasae, Lithothamnion caravellense, Lithothamnion cardinellense, Lithothamnion corallinaeforme, Lithothamnion corallioides, Lithothamnion crispatum, Lithothamnion florea, Lithothamnion giammarinoi, Lithothamnion grahami, Lithothamnion ishigakensis, Lithothamnion laminosum, Lithothamnion libanum, Lithothamnion luxurum, Lithothamnion magnum, Lithothamnion manni, Lithothamnion microphyllum, Lithothamnion minervae, Lithothamnion moreti, Lithothamnion muelleri, Lithothamnion nannosporum, Lithothamnion nummuliticum, Lithothamnion obstrusum, Lithothamnion operculatum, Lithothamnion orbiculatum, Lithothamnion ponzonense, Lithothamnion praefruticulosum, Lithothamnion romosissimum, Lithothamnion roveretoi, Lithothamnion saxorum, Lithothamnion suganum, Lithothamnion tectifons, Lithothamnion undulatum, Lithothamnion valens, Lithothamnion validum, Lithothamnion wallisium, Lithothamnium parvulum, Lithothamnium subtile, Lithothamnium raoi, Lithothamnium viallii, Lithothamnium saxorum, Lithothamnium trinidadensum, Lithothamnium lacroixi, Lithothamnium operculatum, Lithothamnium alasanii, Lithothamnium ladronicum, Lithothamnium malthi, Lithothamnium aucklandicum, Lithothamnium microcellulosum, Lithothamnium aggregatum, Lithothamnium ramosissimum, Lithothamnium bourcarti, Lithothamnium torulosum, Lithothamnium macrosporangicum, Lithothamnium disarmonicum, Lithothamnium praefruticulosum, Lithothamnium saipanense, Lithothamnium gaschei, Lithothamnium prascoi, Lithothamnium pecki, Lithothamnium laminosum, Lithothamnium bofilli, Lithothamnium microphyllum, Lithothamnium moreti, Lithothamnium pentagonum, Lithothamnium nitidum, Lithothamnium montainvillense, Lithothamnium cuvillieri

Distribution: found only at Byron Quadrangle (Eocene of California)

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