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Doushantuophyton cometa

Taxonomy
Doushantuophyton cometa was named by Yuan et al. (1999). It is not extant. Its type locality is Lantian, which is in an Ediacaran slope shale in the Lantian Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Doushantuophyton cometa Yuan et al.

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

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.

†Doushantuophyton cometa Yuan et al. 1999
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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: Ediacaran or 635.00000 to 538.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ediacaran635.0 - 538.8China (Anhui) Doushantuophyton cometa (type locality: 105521)