The examination of fossil Lithothamnion specimens ranging in age from the Early Miocene to the Pleistocene revealed the occurrence of multiporate conceptacle chambers pitted with depressions. This is the diagnostic feature of Lithothamnion crispatum, a cosmopolitan hapalidiacean with a wide depth range in modern oceans. The comparison of the microscopic anatomy of both the fossil and mo-dern L. crispatum confirmed that they are conspecific. Therefore, this species has a long stratigraphic distribution starting at least 20 My ago, without significant morphological changes in either reproductive or vegetative anatomy.
Coletti, G., Hrabovsky, J., Basso, D. (2016). Lithothamnion crispatum: Long-lasting species of non-geniculate coralline algae (Rhodophyta, Hapalidiales). CARNETS DE GÉOLOGIE, 16(3), 27-41 [10.4267/2042/58720].
Lithothamnion crispatum: Long-lasting species of non-geniculate coralline algae (Rhodophyta, Hapalidiales)
Coletti, G
;Basso, D
2016
Abstract
The examination of fossil Lithothamnion specimens ranging in age from the Early Miocene to the Pleistocene revealed the occurrence of multiporate conceptacle chambers pitted with depressions. This is the diagnostic feature of Lithothamnion crispatum, a cosmopolitan hapalidiacean with a wide depth range in modern oceans. The comparison of the microscopic anatomy of both the fossil and mo-dern L. crispatum confirmed that they are conspecific. Therefore, this species has a long stratigraphic distribution starting at least 20 My ago, without significant morphological changes in either reproductive or vegetative anatomy.
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