Cyclocrinitids
Temporal range:
Scientific classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Ulvophyceae
Order: Dasycladales
Informal group: Cyclocrinitids

Cyclocrinitids are an early (mid-Ordovicianearly-Silurian)[1] Dasycladalean algae, resembling but probably not closely related to the Receptaculitids.[2][3]

References

  1. Beadle, S. C. (1991). "Cyclocrinitids". Calcareous Algae and Stromatolites. pp. 114–124. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-52335-9_6. ISBN 978-3-642-52337-3.
  2. Beadle, Steven C. (1988). "Dasyclads, cyclocrinitids and receptaculitids: Comparative morphology and paleoecology". Lethaia. 21: 1–12. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1988.tb01745.x.
  3. Nitecki, Matthew H.; Webby, Barry D.; Spjeldnaes, Nils; Yong-Yi, Zhen (2004). "31. Receptaculitids and Algae". The Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event. pp. 336–347. doi:10.7312/webb12678-032. ISBN 9780231126786.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.