Petrophyton (alga)

Petrophyton Temporal range: Mid Ordovician PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
(unranked):	Archaeplastida
Division:	Rhodophyta
Class:	Florideophyceae
Stem group:	Corallinales
Genus:	Petrophyton Yabe
Species
Petrophyton kiaeri Hoeg Petrophyton miyakoense Yabe
Synonyms
Solenopora richmondense ?(see [1])

Petrophyton is a genus of alga that falls in the coralline stem group.^[2]

See also

• 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)

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