Walcottophycus

Walcottophycus gyges Temporal range: Burgess Shale PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
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

1 2 3 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.

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