Gremiphyca
| Gremiphyca Temporal range: Doushantuou
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Scientific classification 
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| (unranked): | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Total group: | Florideophyceae |
| Genus: | †Gremiphyca Zhang et al., 1998[1] |
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†G. corymbiata Zhang et al., 1998[1] | |
Gremiphyca is a lobed, non-mineralized alga with a pseudoparenchymatous thallus, dating to the Ediacaran period.[2] The genus was reinvestigated by Xiao et al. and was interpreted to be a stem-group florideophyte.[2]
References
- ^ a b Zhang, Y; Yin, L; Xiao, S; Knoll, AH (1998). "Permineralized fossils from the terminal Proterozoic Doushantuo Formation, South China". Journal of Paleontology. 72 (4, Supplement): 1–52. doi:10.1017/S0022336000059977. JSTOR 1315592.
- ^ a b 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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