Biology:Neoprincipia

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Short description: Extinct genus of algae

Neoprincipia
Temporal range: Visean
Scientific classification e
(unranked): Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Stem group: Corallinales
Family: Archaeolithophyllaceae
Genus: Neoprincipia
Cózar & Vachard, 2003
Species
  • N. guadiatica Cózar & Vachard, 2003
  • Cózar & Vachard, 2003 N. tethysiana

Neoprincipia is interpreted as the earliest crown-group red algae.[1]

References

  1. Cózar, P. (2003). "Neoprincipia nov. gen., a new Mississippian red alga, and remarks on the Archaeolithophyllaceae (Rhodophyta)". Geobios 36 (5): 505–517. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(03)00060-3. 

Wikidata ☰ Q16885231 entry