Protomelission gatehousei Brock and Cooper 1993 (green algae)

Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales

Full reference: G. A. Brock and B.J. Cooper. 1993. Shelly fossils from the Early Cambrian (Toyonian) Wirrealpa, Arrona Creek, and Ramsay Limestones of South Australia. Journal of Paleontology 67(5):758-787

Belongs to Protomelission according to G. A. Brock and B.J. Cooper 1993

Sister taxa: Cambroclavus absonus, Cambroclavus antis, Cambroclavus bicornis, Cambroclavus clavus, Cambroclavus clypeatus, Cambroclavus dolicanthus, Cambroclavus fangxianensis, Cambroclavus hubeiensis, Cambroclavus ludwigsdorfensis, Cambroclavus olecranus, Cambroclavus undulatus

Ecology: stationary epifaunal "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Australia (2 collections), China (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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