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Thallophycoides
Extinct genus of algae From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Thallophycoides is an undifferentiated, globular, non-mineralized alga from the Ediacaran period, found within the Doushantuo Formation.[2][3]
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Thallophycoides phloeatus is a globular alga, which lacks any notable cell or thallus differentiation. Due to this, it has been postured to be either an early or stem group florideophyte red algae.[3] The cells are spheroidal to ellipsoidal in shape, and are tightly packed together.[4]
Thallophycoides was most likely a benthic alga, inferred from how its lobate protrusions and tissues grew.[4]
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