Biology:Chaetocladus capitatus
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Short description: Extinct species of alga
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Scientific classification 
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| (unranked): | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Ulvophyceae |
| Order: | Dasycladales |
| Family: | †Triploporellaceae |
| Genus: | †Chaetocladus |
| Species: | †C. capitatus
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| †Chaetocladus capitatus Loduca, Melchin & Verbruggen
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Chaetocladus captitatus [misspelling] | |
Chaetocladus capitatus is an extinct species of green algae in the genus Chaetocladus, which existed in what is now Cornwallis Island, Arctic Canada, during the Ludfordian age (Silurian period). It was described by Steven T. Loduca, Michael J. Melchin and Heroen Verbruggen in 2011 based on fossils found in the Cape Phillips Formation.[1]
References
- ↑ Steven T. Loduca, Michael J. Melchin and Heroen Verbruggen (2011). "Complex noncalcified macroalgae from the Silurian of Cornwallis Island, Arctic Canada" (PDF proof). Journal of Paleontology 85 (1): 111–121. doi:10.1666/10-025.1. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20110722192200/http://www.phycology.ugent.be/reprints/loduca_arctic_fossils.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q5066626 entry
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