Palaeocymopolia
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Scientific classification 
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| (unranked): | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Ulvophyceae |
| Order: | Dasycladales |
| Family: | †Triploporellaceae |
| Genus: | †Palaeocymopolia LoDuca, Melchin & Verbruggen |
| Species: | †P. nunavutensis
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| †Palaeocymopolia nunavutensis LoDuca, Melchin & Verbruggen
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Palaeocymopolia is an extinct genus of
Cape Phillips Formation by Steven T. LoDuca, Michael J. Melchin and Heroen Verbruggen in 2011, and the type species is P. nunavutensis.[1]
Etymology
Steven T. LoDuca, Michael J. Melchin and Heroen Verbruggen first described the type species Palaeocymopolia nunavutensis in 2011. The
Ancient Greek: "old") and "Cymopolia" (an extant genus of algae in the order Dasycladales), and referring both to the age of the material, and to its similarities to Cymopolia (the authors specified the species C. barbata). The species epithet refers to Nunavut, the Canadian territory from which the species was described.[1]
Description
The holotype specimen (ROM 59918) of Palaeocymopolia nunavutensis, also the largest specimen, was 72 millimetres in length and bent towards the base.[1]
References
- ^ PDFproofs) on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2011-05-12.
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