Litothallus is a genus of non-marine thalloid organism found in overbank deposits from the Triassic of Antarctica.[1] It looks a bit like Hildenbrandia, and was composed of up to 15 layers of non-mineralized cellular sheets.[2]
| Litothallus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| (unranked): | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Florideophyceae |
| Order: | Hildenbrandiales (?) |
| Genus: | †Litothallus |
| Species: | †L. ganovex
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| Binomial name | |
| †Litothallus ganovex Bomfleur et al, 2009 [1]
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References edit
- ^ a b Bomfleur, B.; Krings, M.; Kaštovský, J.; Kerp, H. (2009). "An enigmatic non-marine thalloid organism from the Triassic of East Antarctica". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 157 (3–4): 317. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2009.06.004.
- ^ Bomfleur, B.; Krings, M.; Kerp, H. (2010). "Thalloid organisms and the fossil record: New perspectives from the Transantarctic Mountains". Plant Signaling & Behavior. 5 (3): 293–295. doi:10.4161/psb.5.3.10736. PMC 2881282. PMID 20081351.
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