Korilophyton

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Korilophyton
Temporal range: Cambrian
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Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): Acritarcha
Genus: Korilophyton
Voronova in Voronova & Radionova, 1976 [1]
Type species
Epiphyton inopinatum
Voronova, 1969
Species
  • Korilophyton angustumVoronova in Voronova & Radionova, 1976
  • Korilophyton inopinatum(Voronova) Voronova in Voronova & Radionova, 1976

Korilophyton is a genus of branching Cambrian acritarchs of presumed algal affinity. [2]

References

  1. Voronova, L. G. (1976). Известковые водоросли пограничных слоев докембрия и кембрия сибирской платформы[Calcareous algae of the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary deposits of the Siberian platform]. In Voronova, L. G.; Radionova, E. P. (eds.). Водоросли и микрофитолиты палеозоя [Paleozoic algae and microphytolites](PDF) (in Russian). Moscow: USSR Academy of Sciences. pp. 3–85, 156–183, 212–214.
  2. Luchinina, V. A. (2009). "Remalcis and Epiphyton as different stages in the life cycle of calcareous algae". Paleontological Journal. 43 (4): 463–468. Bibcode:2009PalJ...43..463L. doi:10.1134/S0031030109040169. S2CID   85094645.