Anhuiphyton
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Genus: †Anhuiphyton
Species:
†A. lineatum
Binomial name
†Anhuiphyton lineatum
Chen, Lu and Xiao, 1994

Anhuiphyton lineatum is an extinct species of Neoproterozoic algae, known from several fossils from the Lantian formation located in Anhui province,China,[1][2] first described in 1994.[3] It lived probably more than 580 million years ago.[2] The thalli were of spherical to elliptical shape, made of thousands of flexible septated filaments.[1] The whole organism was a few centimeters in size (from 2.5 to 5 cm at most).[1] Along with Flabellophyton, it is one of the few septated algae found in the assemblage.

See also

  • Huangshanophyton

References

  1. 1 2 3 Xunlai, Y.; Jun, L. I.; Ruiji, C. A. O. (1999). "A diverse metaphyte assemblage from the Neoproterozoic black shales of South China". Lethaia. 32 (2): 143–155. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1999.tb00533.x.
  2. 1 2 Yuan, X.; Chen, Z.; Xiao, S.; Zhou, C.; Hua, H. (2011). "An early Ediacaran assemblage of macroscopic and morphologically differentiated eukaryotes". Nature. 470 (7334): 390–3. Bibcode:2011Natur.470..390Y. doi:10.1038/nature09810. PMID 21331041.
  3. ↑ Chen, M.; Xiao Z.; Yuan X. (1994). 晚震旦世的特种生物群落──庙河生物群新知 [A new assemblage of megafossils – Miaohe biota from Upper Sinian Doushantuo Formation in eastern Yangtze Gorges, China.]. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica (in Chinese). 33 (4): 391–403.


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