THREE NEW SPECIES OF CORALLINE ALGAE (GENERA <em>LITHOTHAMNION</em> AND <em>LITHOPHYLLUM</em>) FROM THE TERTIARY PIEDMONT BASIN

THREE NEW SPECIES OF CORALLINE ALGAE (GENERA <em>LITHOTHAMNION</em> AND <em>LITHOPHYLLUM</em>) FROM THE TERTIARY PIEDMONT BASIN

Two new species of the genus Lithothamnion and one of Lithophyllum were discovered in the burdigalian section of Bric Cardinelle (Visone Formation, Tertiary Piedmont Basin). The holotypes are present in rhodoliths coming from oncolitic rudstone or calciruditic bodies. The new species are characteris...

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Main Authors: PATRIZIA FRAVEGA, MICHELE PIAZZA, GRAZIA VANNUCCI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Milano University Press 2017-08-01
Series:Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia
Subjects:
Systematic palaeobotany
Corallinaceae
Lithothamnion
Lithophyllum
Burdigalian.
Online Access:https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/8913

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