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Coryphidium

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Coryphidium
Temporal range: Early Ordovician (Arenig)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: incertae sedis
(unranked): Acritarcha
Genus: Coryphidium
M.Vavrdová, 1972[1]
Species
  • Coryphidium bohemicum Vavrdová, 1972
  • Coryphidium elegans F.H.Cramer, Allam, Kanes, & Diez, 1974[2]
  • Coryphidium sichuanense F.Wang & Q.Chen C

Coryphidium is an extinct genus of acritarchs.

C. elegans is from the Tremadocian, the lower age of the Ordovocian of Morocco.

References

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  1. ^ Acritarchs from Klabava Shales (Arenig). M Vavrdová, Vestnik Ustredniho ustavu geologickeho, 1972
  2. ^ Upper Arenigian to Lower Llanvirnian Acritarchs from the Subsurface of the Tadla Basin in Morocco. Fritz H. Cramer, Bensayah Allam, William H. Kanes and Maria del Carmen R. Díez, Palaeontographica Abteilung B Band 145 Lieferung 5-6 (1974), pages 182-190
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