Litothallus

Litothallus
Scientific classification
Clade:	Archaeplastida
Division:	Rhodophyta
Class:	Florideophyceae
Order:	Hildenbrandiales (?)
Genus:	†Litothallus
Species:	†L. ganovex
Binomial name
	†Litothallus ganovex; Bomfleur et al, 2009

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

^ ^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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[Bomfleur2009-1] 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.

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