Cyclocrinitids

Cyclocrinitids
Temporal range: Middle Ordovician – Early Silurian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Clade: Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: UTC clade
Order: Dasycladales
Informal group: †Cyclocrinitids

Cyclocrinitids are an early (mid-Ordovician–early-Silurian)[1] Dasycladalean algae, resembling but probably not closely related to the Receptaculitids.[2][3]

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  2. ^ Beadle, Steven C. (1988). "Dasyclads, cyclocrinitids and receptaculitids: Comparative morphology and paleoecology". Lethaia. 21 (1): 1–12. Bibcode:1988Letha..21....1B. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1988.tb01745.x.
  3. ^ Nitecki, Matthew H.; Webby, Barry D.; Spjeldnaes, Nils; Yong-Yi, Zhen (2004). "31. Receptaculitids and Algae". The Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event. pp. 336–347. doi:10.7312/webb12678-032. ISBN 9780231126786.