Arenigiphyllum is a genus of alga from the Ordovician that falls in the coralline stem group.[1] Only its vegetative anatomy is known.[2]
| Arenigiphyllum Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Clade: | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Florideophyceae |
| Stem group: | Corallinales |
| Genus: | Arenigiphyllum Riding et al. 1998 |
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See also
edit- Coralline algae#Evolution
- Other stem-group corallines:
- Arenigiphyllum (Ordovician)
- Petrophyton (Ordovician : Caradoc)
- Graticula (Silurian : Wenlock)
- Halysis (Ordovician)
- Archaeolithophyllum (Pennsylvanian)
- ?Maimonachaetetes (Mississippian)
- ?Palaeoaplysina (Pennsylvanian – Permian; possibly an animal)
- ? Solenoporaceae (Ordovician)
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Riding, R; Cope, JCW; Taylor, PD (1998). "A coralline-like red alga from the Lower Ordovician of Wales" (PDF). Palaeontology. 41 (5). London: Palaeontological Association.: 1069–1076. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2010-11-19.
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