Walcottophycus

Walcottophycus is a probable green algae with a wefty construction, known from the mid-Cambrian Burgess Shale and Kaili Formations.^[1] Its single species, W. gyges, was originally assigned to the similar algal genus Bosworthia.^[1]

Walcottophycus Temporal range: Burgess Shale PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
W. gyges
Scientific classification
Clade:	Viridiplantae
Division:	Chlorophyta (?)
Genus:	†Walcottophycus
Species:	†W. gyges
Binomial name
†Walcottophycus gyges Wu et al 2016 (Walcott 1919)[1]