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Walcottophycus

Taxonomy
Walcottophycus was named by Wu et al. (2016). It is not extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Walcottophycus Wu et al.
2026Walcottophycus Zeng et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
RankNameAuthor
phylumChlorophytaReichenbach 1834
genusWalcottophycusWu et al. 2016

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. †Walcottophycus Wu et al. 2016
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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: Stage 4 or 514.50000 to 506.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Stage 4514.5 - 506.5China (Hunan) W. gyges (277901)