Eocladus
Extinct genus of algae
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Eocladus xiaoi is an extinct species of seaweed which existed in what is now Cornwallis Island, Northern Canada, during the Ludfordian age (Silurian period). It was described by Steven T. LoDuca, Michael J. Melchin and Heroen Verbruggen in 2011 based on fossils found in the Cape Phillips Formation.[1]
| Eocladus Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Archaeplastida |
| Clade: | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Ulvophyceae |
| Order: | Dasycladales |
| Family: | †Triploporellaceae |
| Genus: | †Eocladus LoDuca, Melchin & Verbruggen |
| Species: | †E. xiaoi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Eocladus xiaoi LoDuca, Melchin & Verbruggen | |
