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Parallelphyton

Taxonomy
Parallelphyton was named by Wu et al. (2011). It is not extant. Its type is Parallelphyton tipica.

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

Species
P. tipica (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Parallelphyton Wu et al.
2026Parallelphyton Zeng et al.

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Archaeplastida
RankNameAuthor
—Chloroplastida
phylumChlorophytaReichenbach 1834
genusParallelphytonWu et al. 2011

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. †Parallelphyton Wu et al. 2011
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†Parallelphyton tipica Wu et al. 2011
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) P. nov. (277901)