Permocalculus is a genus of red algae known from Permian to Cretaceous strata.[1] Closely aligned to Gymnocodium, it is placed in the Gymnocodiaceae.[2]

Permocalculus
Temporal range: Permian–Cretaceous
Scientific classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: incertae sedis
Family: Gymnocodiaceae
Genus: Permocalculus
G. F. Elliott, 1955

References edit

  • Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2008). "Permocalculus". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2009-06-24.
  1. ^ Dixon, Peter Stanley (1973). Biology of the Rhodophyta. ISBN 0-05-002485-X.
  2. ^ Elliott, G. F. (1955). "The Permian Calcareous Alga Gymnocodium". Micropaleontology. 1 (1): 83–90. doi:10.2307/1484413. JSTOR 1484413.