Archaeolithothamnion keenanii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sporolithales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Rhodophyta Subdivisio: Rhodophytina Classis: Florideophyceae Subclassis: Corallinophycidae Ordo: Sporolithales

Familia: Sporolithaceae
Genus: Archaeolithothamnion

Species: †Archaeolithothamnion keenanii

Name

Archaeolithothamnion keenanii M.Howe, 1934 (as 'keenani')

• Type locality: East fork of Cachuma Creek just north west of right angle in stream (Santa Ynez quadrangle), Santa Barbara County, California, USA. Holotype: R.N. Nelson; non indicated; Leland Stanford Junior University paleontological type collection No. 5057, includes slide 1151. Paratype: PC, General Herbarium box collection (fossil; filed in non-geniculate coralline type collections cabinet under basionym.

References

• Howe, M.A. 1934. Eocene marine algae (Lithothamnieae) from the Sierra Blanca limestone. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 45: 507–518, 4 plates. Reference page. : 513
• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2017. Archaeolithothamnion keenanii. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 22 August 2017.