Biology:Petrophyton (alga)

Petrophyton; Temporal range: Mid Ordovician PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
(unranked):	Archaeplastida
Division:	Rhodophyta
Class:	Florideophyceae
Stem group:	Corallinales
Genus:	Petrophyton; Yabe
Species
	Petrophyton kiaeri Hoeg; Petrophyton miyakoense Yabe;
Synonyms
	Solenopora richmondense ?(see );

Short description: Genus of algae

Petrophyton is a genus of alga that falls in the coralline stem group.^[2]

References

↑ Brooke, C.; Riding, R. (1998). "Ordovician and Silurian coralline red algae". Lethaia 31 (3): 185. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1998.tb00506.x.
↑ Xiao, S.; Knoll, A. H.; Yuan, X.; Pueschel, C. M. (2004). "Phosphatized multicellular algae in the Neoproterozoic Doushantuo Formation, China, and the early evolution of florideophyte red algae". American Journal of Botany 91 (2): 214–227. doi:10.3732/ajb.91.2.214. PMID 21653378.

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