Walcottophycus
Extinct genus of alga
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Walcottophycus is a probable green algae with a wefty construction, known from the mid-Cambrian Burgess Shale and Kaili Formations.[1] Its single species, W. gyges, was originally assigned to the similar algal genus Bosworthia.[1]
| Walcottophycus Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| W. gyges | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta (?) |
| Genus: | †Walcottophycus |
| Species: | †W. gyges |
| Binomial name | |
| †Walcottophycus gyges Wu et al 2016 (Walcott 1919)[1] | |