Sporolithaceae

Sporolithaceae; Temporal range: Mesozoic–recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
(unranked):	Archaeplastida
Division:	Rhodophyta
Class:	Florideophyceae
Order:	Sporolithales
Family:	Sporolithaceae
Genera[1]
	Heydrichia ; Sporolithon ;

The Sporolithaceae are one of the two extant families of coralline algae (algae in the order Corallinales). They are differentiated from the other family, the Corallinaceae, by their formation of conceptacles with one or many pores.[2]

The morphologically-indeterminable Graticulaceae date to the Wenlock (Silurian).[3]

References

Aguirre, J.; Perfectti, F.; Braga, J. C. (2010). "Integrating phylogeny, molecular clocks, and the fossil record in the evolution of coralline algae (Corallinales and Sporolithales, Rhodophyta)". Paleobiology. 36 (4): 519. doi:10.1666/09041.1. S2CID 85227395.
Taylor, Thomas N; Taylor, Edith L; Krings, Michael (2009). Paleobotany: the biology and evolution of fossil plants. ISBN 978-0-12-373972-8.
Brooke, C.; Riding, R. (1998). "Ordovician and Silurian coralline red algae". Lethaia. 31 (3): 185. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1998.tb00506.x.

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[1] Aguirre, J.; Perfectti, F.; Braga, J. C. (2010). "Integrating phylogeny, molecular clocks, and the fossil record in the evolution of coralline algae (Corallinales and Sporolithales, Rhodophyta)". Paleobiology. 36 (4): 519. doi:10.1666/09041.1. S2CID 85227395.

[2] Taylor, Thomas N; Taylor, Edith L; Krings, Michael (2009). Paleobotany: the biology and evolution of fossil plants. ISBN 978-0-12-373972-8.

[Brooke1998-3] Brooke, C.; Riding, R. (1998). "Ordovician and Silurian coralline red algae". Lethaia. 31 (3): 185. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1998.tb00506.x.