Biology:Eocladus
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Short description: Extinct genus of algae
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Scientific classification 
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| (unranked): | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Ulvophyceae |
| Order: | Dasycladales |
| Family: | †Triploporellaceae |
| Genus: | †Eocladus LoDuca, Melchin & Verbruggen |
| Species: | †E. xiaoi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Eocladus xiaoi LoDuca, Melchin & Verbruggen
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Eocladus xiaoi is an extinct species of seaweed which existed in what is now Cornwallis Island, Northern 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 & Heroen Verbruggen (2011). "Complex noncalcified macroalgae from the Silurian of Cornwallis Island, Arctic Canada" (PDF proofs). 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 ☰ Q5381628 entry
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