Anhuiphyton Explained

Anhuiphyton lineatum is an extinct species of Neoproterozoic algae, known from several fossils from the Lantian formation located in Anhui province,China,^{[1] [2]} first described in 1994.^[3] It lived probably more than 580 million years ago.^[2] The thalli were of spherical to elliptical shape, made of thousands of flexible septated filaments.^[1] The whole organism was a few centimeters in size (from 2.5 to 5 cm at most).^[1] Along with Flabellophyton, it is one of the few septated algae found in the assemblage.

See also

• Huangshanophyton

Notes and References

1. Xunlai . Y. . Jun . L. I. . Ruiji . C. A. O. . 10.1111/j.1502-3931.1999.tb00533.x . A diverse metaphyte assemblage from the Neoproterozoic black shales of South China . Lethaia . 32 . 2 . 143–155 . 1999 .
2. 10.1038/nature09810 . Yuan . X. . Chen . Z. . Xiao . S. . Zhou . C. . Hua . H. . An early Ediacaran assemblage of macroscopic and morphologically differentiated eukaryotes . Nature . 470 . 7334 . 390–3 . 2011 . 21331041. 2011Natur.470..390Y .
3. Chen. M.. Xiao Z.. Yuan X.. A new assemblage of megafossils – Miaohe biota from Upper Sinian Doushantuo Formation in eastern Yangtze Gorges, China.. zh:晚震旦世的特种生物群落──庙河生物群新知. zh. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica. 1994. 33. 4. 391–403.