Biology:Anhuiphyton

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Short description: Extinct species of alga


Anhuiphyton
Temporal range: Ediacaran
Scientific classification edit
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. 1.0 1.1 1.2 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. 2.0 2.1 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. doi:10.1038/nature09810. PMID 21331041. Bibcode2011Natur.470..390Y. 
  3. Chen, M.; Xiao Z.; Yuan X. (1994). (in zh)Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 33 (4): 391–403. 

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