Biology:Litostroma
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Short description: Extinct genus of algae
| Litostroma | |
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Scientific classification 
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| (unranked): | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Litostroma Mamay, 1959[1] |
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L. oklahomense Mamay, 1959[1] | |
Litostroma is a genus of marine alga that may be a red, although green and brown affinities have also been proposed.[2] It consists of single-cell-thick thalli that reached about 6 mm in diameter and 140 µm thickness.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Mamay, S. H. (1959). "Litostroma, a New Genus of Problematical Algae from the Pennsylvanian of Oklahoma". American Journal of Botany 46 (4): 283–292. doi:10.2307/2439480.
- ↑ Taylor, Thomas N; Taylor, Edith L; Krings, Michael (2009). Paleobotany: the biology and evolution of fossil plants. ISBN 978-0-12-373972-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=_29tNNeQKeMC&q=Litostroma&pg=PA149.
Wikidata ☰ Q6648691 entry
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