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Neoprincipia

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Extinct genus of algae

Neoprincipia
Temporal range: Visean PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Clade: Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Stem group: Corallinales
Family: †Archaeolithophyllaceae
Genus: †Neoprincipia
Cózar & Vachard, 2003
Species
  • N. guadiatica Cózar & Vachard, 2003
  • N. tethysiana Cózar & Vachard, 2003

Neoprincipia is interpreted as the earliest crown-group red algae.

References

  1. Cózar, P. (2003). "Neoprincipia nov. gen., a new Mississippian red alga, and remarks on the Archaeolithophyllaceae (Rhodophyta)". Geobios. 36 (5): 505–517. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(03)00060-3.
Taxon identifiers
Neoprincipia
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