Biology:Cyclocrinitids

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Short description: Informal group of green algae

Cyclocrinitids
Temporal range: Middle Ordovician – Early Silurian
Scientific classification e
(unranked): Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Ulvophyceae
Order: Dasycladales
Informal group: Cyclocrinitids

Cyclocrinitids are an early (mid-Ordovician–early-Silurian)[1] Dasycladalean algae, resembling but probably not closely related to the Receptaculitids.[2][3]

References

  1. Beadle, S. C. (1991). "Cyclocrinitids". Calcareous Algae and Stromatolites. pp. 114–124. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-52335-9_6. ISBN 978-3-642-52337-3. 
  2. Beadle, Steven C. (1988). "Dasyclads, cyclocrinitids and receptaculitids: Comparative morphology and paleoecology". Lethaia 21: 1–12. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1988.tb01745.x. 
  3. Nitecki, Matthew H.; Webby, Barry D.; Spjeldnaes, Nils; Yong-Yi, Zhen (2004). "31. Receptaculitids and Algae". The Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event. pp. 336–347. doi:10.7312/webb12678-032. ISBN 9780231126786. 

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