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.
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Scientific classification 
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| Genus: | †Anhuiphyton |
| Species: | †A. lineatum
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| †Anhuiphyton lineatum Chen, Lu and Xiao, 1994
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See also
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edit- ^ a b c Xunlai, Y.; Jun, L. I.; Ruiji, C. A. O. (1999). "A diverse metaphyte assemblage from the Neoproterozoic black shales of South China". Lethaia. 32 (2): 143–155. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1999.tb00533.x.
- ^ a b Yuan, X.; Chen, Z.; Xiao, S.; Zhou, C.; Hua, H. (2011). "An early Ediacaran assemblage of macroscopic and morphologically differentiated eukaryotes". Nature. 470 (7334): 390–3. Bibcode:2011Natur.470..390Y. doi:10.1038/nature09810. PMID 21331041.
- ^ Chen, M.; Xiao Z.; Yuan X. (1994). 晚震旦世的特种生物群落──庙河生物群新知 [A new assemblage of megafossils – Miaohe biota from Upper Sinian Doushantuo Formation in eastern Yangtze Gorges, China.]. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica (in Chinese). 33 (4): 391–403.
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