Synonym: Archaeocladiphyton Chen et al. 1994
Parent taxon: Chlorophyta according to H. Zeng et al. 2026
See also Xiao et al. 2002
Sister taxa: Amgaella, Bryopsidophyceae, Calathella, Caulerpites, Charophyceae, Chlorophyceae, Chuariophyceae, Dasycladophyceae, Fuxianospira, Indopolia, Laenigma, Lanceoforma, Megaspirella, Microfasta, Monostysisyrinaceae, Palaeomastigocladus, Parallelphyton, Physophycus, Proterotainia, Pseudopalaeoporella, Retephycus, Schizosporis, Sgrossoella, Sinocylindra, Sinophyllum, Sphaeroporella, Spheroporella, Tetrasporaceae, Thaumatoporellales, Timanella, Ulvophyceae, Walcottophycus, Yakutina
Subtaxa: Doushantuophyton cometa Doushantuophyton lineare Doushantuophyton quyuani
Type: Doushantuophyton lineare
Ecology: stationary epifaunal "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Cambrian of China (2 collections)
• Ediacaran of China (2)
Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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