Proterocladus antiquus Tang et al. 2020 (green algae)

Ulvophyceae - Siphonocladales

Full reference: Q. Tang, K. Pang, X. Yuan and S. Xiao. 2020. A one-billion-year-old multicellular chlorophyte. Nature Ecology & Evolution 4:543-549

Belongs to Proterocladus according to Q. Tang et al. 2020

Sister taxon: Proterocladus major

Type specimen: VPIGM-4762, an other. Its type locality is Shileicun, which is in a Stenian/Tonian marine shale in the Nanfen Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Shileicun

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