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Litothallus

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Litothallus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Clade: Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Hildenbrandiales (?)
Genus: Litothallus
Species:
L. ganovex
Binomial name
Litothallus ganovex
Bomfleur et al, 2009 [1]

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]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.