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Walcottophycus

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Walcottophycus
Temporal range: Burgess Shale
W. gyges
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Clade: Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta (?)
Genus: Walcottophycus
Species:
W. gyges
Binomial name
Walcottophycus gyges
Wu et al 2016 (Walcott 1919)[1]

Walcottophycus is a probable green algae with a wefty construction, known from the mid-Cambrian Burgess Shale and Kaili Formations.[1] Its single species, W. gyges, was originally assigned to the similar algal genus Bosworthia.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Wu, Mengyin; LoDuca, Steven T.; Zhao, Yuanlong; Xiao, Shuhai (2016). "The macroalga Bosworthia from the Cambrian Burgess Shale and Kaili biotas of North America and China". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 230: 47–55. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2016.04.001. ISSN 0034-6667.