caa a22 4500 467934053 CHVBK 20180406152951.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20060801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10347-006-0045-5 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10347-006-0045-5 Remarks on the systematic position of Lithocodium Elliott, a problematic microorganism from the Mesozoic carbonate platforms of the Tethyan realm [Elektronische Daten] [Antonietta Cherchi, Rolf Schroeder] The encrusting genus Lithocodium Elliott, widespread in Tethyan Triassic-Cretaceous carbonate platforms and interpreted in the past as a codiacean alga, is presently regarded as a colony of calcified cyanobacteria, a microorganism incertae sedis or a loftusiacean foraminifer. The absence of apertures connecting neighbouring cavities, as well as the very irregular form and arrangement of these hollows within a frequently massive micritic matrix, excludes assigning Lithocodium to the foraminifers, but could rather suggest colonies of calcified cyanobacteria. Springer-Verlag, 2006 Systematics nationallicence Loftusiacean foraminifers nationallicence Cyanobacteria nationallicence Jurassic nationallicence Cretaceous nationallicence Carbonate platform nationallicence Cherchi Antonietta Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Cagliari, Via Trentino, 51, 09127, Cagliari, Italy aut Schroeder Rolf Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Senckenberg Anlage 25, 60325, Frankfurt a. M., Germany aut Facies Springer-Verlag 52/3(2006-08-01), 435-440 0172-9179 52:3<435 2006 52 10347 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10347-006-0045-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10347-006-0045-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cherchi Antonietta Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Cagliari, Via Trentino, 51, 09127, Cagliari, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Schroeder Rolf Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Senckenberg Anlage 25, 60325, Frankfurt a. M., Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Facies Springer-Verlag 52/3(2006-08-01), 435-440 0172-9179 52:3<435 2006 52 10347 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer