Chaetocladus capitatus

Chaetocladus capitatus; Temporal range: Ludfordian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Phylum:	Chlorophyta
Class:	Ulvophyceae
Order:	Dasycladales
Family:	Triploporellaceae
Genus:	Chaetocladus
Species:	C. capitatus
Binomial name
	Chaetocladus capitatus; Loduca, Melchin & Verbruggen
Synonyms
	Chaetocladus captitatus [misspelling]

Chaetocladus capitatus is an extinct species of green algae in the genus Chaetocladus, which existed in what is now Cornwallis Island, Arctic Canada, during the Ludfordian age (Silurian period). It was described by Steven T. Loduca, Michael J. Melchin and Heroen Verbruggen in 2011.[1]

References

Steven T. Loduca, Michael J. Melchin and Heroen Verbruggen (2011). "Complex noncalcified macroalgae from the Silurian of Cornwallis Island, Arctic Canada" (PDF). Journal of Paleontology. 85 (1): 111–121. doi:10.1666/10-025.1. Archived from the original (PDF proof) on 2011-07-22.

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[1] Steven T. Loduca, Michael J. Melchin and Heroen Verbruggen (2011). "Complex noncalcified macroalgae from the Silurian of Cornwallis Island, Arctic Canada" (PDF). Journal of Paleontology. 85 (1): 111–121. doi:10.1666/10-025.1. Archived from the original (PDF proof) on 2011-07-22.