Neoprincipia

Neoprincipia
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Stem group: Corallinales
Family: Archaeolithophyllaceae
Genus:
Cózar & Vachard, 2003
Species
  • N. guadiatica Cózar & Vachard, 2003
  • N. tethysiana Cózar & Vachard, 2003

Neoprincipia is interpreted as the earliest crown-group red algae.[1]

References

  1. ^ Cózar, P. (2003). "Neoprincipia nov. gen., a new Mississippian red alga, and remarks on the Archaeolithophyllaceae (Rhodophyta)". Geobios. 36 (5): 505–517. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(03)00060-3.