Eocladus xiaoi is an extinct species of seaweed which existed in what is now Cornwallis Island, Northern 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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Clade: | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | UTC clade |
| Order: | Dasycladales |
| Family: | †Triploporellaceae |
| Genus: | †Eocladus LoDuca, Melchin & Verbruggen |
| Species: | †E. xiaoi
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| †Eocladus xiaoi LoDuca, Melchin & Verbruggen
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References
edit- ^ Steven T. LoDuca, Michael J. Melchin & 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. S2CID 129250293. Archived from the original (PDF proofs) on 2011-07-22.
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