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Doushantuophyton

Taxonomy
Doushantuophyton was named by Steiner (1994). It is not extant. Its type is Doushantuophyton lineare.

It was assigned to Chlorophyta by Zeng et al. (2026).

Species
D. cometa, D. lineare (type species), D. quyuani

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Archaeocladiphyton Chen et al.
1994Doushantuophyton Steiner
2026Doushantuophyton Zeng et al.

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
Archaeplastida
RankNameAuthor
Chloroplastida
phylumChlorophytaReichenbach 1834
genusDoushantuophytonSteiner 1994

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Doushantuophyton Steiner 1994
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Doushantuophyton cometa Yuan et al. 1999
Doushantuophyton lineare Steiner 1994
Doushantuophyton quyuani Chen et al. 1994
Invalid names: Archaeocladiphyton Chen et al. 1994 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Environment: lagoonal, coastal, inner shelf, marine, brackish, freshwaterp
Locomotion: stationaryp
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalp
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2007-10-23 02:26:17
Modified: 2007-10-23 04:26:17
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Ediacaran to the top of the Guzhangian or 635.00000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ediacaran635.0 - 538.8China (Anhui) D. cometa (105521)
Ediacaran635.0 - 538.8China (Hubei) D. lineare, D. quyuani (106450)
Stage 4514.5 - 506.5China (Hunan) D. lineare (277901)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Yunnan) D. sp. (219647)