Chaetocladus capitatus

Chaetocladus capitatus is an extinct species of green algae in the genus Chaetocladus, which existed in what is now Cornwallis Island, Arctic Canada, during the Ludfordian age (Silurian period). It was described by Steven T. Loduca, Michael J. Melchin and Heroen Verbruggen in 2011 based on fossils found in the Cape Phillips Formation.[1]

Chaetocladus capitatus
Temporal range: Ludfordian
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Ulvophyceae
Order: Dasycladales
Family: Triploporellaceae
Genus: Chaetocladus
Species:
C. capitatus
Binomial name
Chaetocladus capitatus
Loduca, Melchin & Verbruggen
Synonyms

Chaetocladus captitatus [misspelling]

References

  1. Steven T. Loduca, Michael J. Melchin and Heroen Verbruggen (2011). "Complex noncalcified macroalgae from the Silurian of Cornwallis Island, Arctic Canada" (PDF). Journal of Paleontology. 85 (1): 111–121. doi:10.1666/10-025.1. Archived from the original (PDF proof) on 2011-07-22.


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