Gremiphyca

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Gremiphyca
Temporal range: Doushantuou
Scientific classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Total group: Florideophyceae
Genus: Gremiphyca
Zhang et al., 1998[1]
Species

G. corymbiata Zhang et al., 1998[1]

Gremiphyca is a lobed, non-mineralized alga with a pseudoparenchymatous thallus, dating to the Ediacaran period.[2] The genus was reinvestigated by Xiao et al. and was interpreted to be a stem-group florideophyte.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Zhang, Y; Yin, L; Xiao, S; Knoll, AH (1998). "Permineralized fossils from the terminal Proterozoic Doushantuo Formation, South China". Journal of Paleontology. 72 (4, Supplement): 1–52. Bibcode:1998JPal...72S...1Z. doi:10.1017/S0022336000059977. JSTOR 1315592. S2CID 132715240.
  2. ^ a b Xiao, S.; Knoll, A. H.; Yuan, X.; Pueschel, C. M. (2004). "Phosphatized multicellular algae in the Neoproterozoic Doushantuo Formation, China, and the early evolution of florideophyte red algae". American Journal of Botany. 91 (2): 214–227. doi:10.3732/ajb.91.2.214. PMID 21653378.