Lithothamnion tectifons

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
LithothamnionPBDB
Diet
"photoautotroph"PBDB, for Rhodophyta

Time the record covers

At least 22 million years on record.

The record covers at least 23.04 Mya to 774 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 33.9 Mya to 11.7 ka.

Eocene — about 0 of 3 occurrencesOligocene — about 2 of 3 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 0 of 3 occurrencesPliocene — about 0 of 3 occurrencesPleistocene — about 1 of 3 occurrences35–33 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences33–32 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences32–31 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences31–30 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences30–29 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences29–28 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences28–27 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences27–25 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences25–24 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences24–23 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences1.2–0 Mya — about 1 occurrence23.04 Mya774 ka34.6 Mya0 Mya

3 occurrences of Lithothamnion tectifons on record. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

3 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

2 formations

Molare — 44.50°N, 8.48°EChaya — 22.33°N, 68.95°E

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The named rock units Lithothamnion tectifons has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed.

Found in the same rock

The Paleobiology Database records no fossil sites for Lithothamnion tectifons, so there is nothing to compare it with.

Entered from

2 references

Each of the 3 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. Each entry links to the Paleobiology Database's own record for the work.

Media and terms

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No 3D scan was found. Smithsonian Open Access, MorphoSource and Sketchfab were all searched.

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Mastrorilli 1968