Gremiphyca Temporal range: Doushantuou
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Scientific classification | |
(unranked): | Archaeplastida |
Division: | Rhodophyta |
Total group: | Florideophyceae |
Genus: | †
Gremiphyca Zhang et al., 1998 [1] |
Species | |
† G. corymbiata Zhang et al., 1998 [1] |
Gremiphyca is a lobed, non-mineralized alga with a pseudoparenchymatous thallus, dating to the Ediacaran period. [2] The genus was reinvestigated by Xiao et al. and was interpreted to be a stem-group florideophyte. [2]