Archaeolithophyllaceae

Archaeolithophyllaceae Temporal range: Tournaisian –Mid Permian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Supergroup:	Archaeplastida
Division:	Rhodophyta
Class:	Florideophyceae
Stem group:	Corallinales
Family:	†Archaeolithophyllaceae
Genera
Archaeolithophyllum Aseelahella Kasimophyllum Neoprincipia

The Archaeolithophyllaceae are a family of algae that are thought to represent the stem lineage of the corallinaceae.

See also

• Coralline algae#Evolution
• Other stem-group corallines:
  • Arenigiphyllum (Ordovician)
  • Petrophyton (Ordovician : Caradoc)
  • Graticula (Silurian : Wenlock)
  • Halysis (Ordovician)
  • Archaeolithophyllum (Pennsylvanian)
  • ?Maimonachaetetes (Mississippian)
  • ?Palaeoaplysina (Pennsylvanian – Permian; possibly an animal)
  • ? Solenoporaceae (Ordovician)

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