Palaeocymopolia (original) (raw)

Palaeocymopolia is an extinct genus of seaweed in the order Dasycladales, which existed in what is now Cornwallis Island, Nunavut, Northern Canada, during the Ludfordian age (Silurian period). It was described from the Cape Phillips Formation by Steven T. LoDuca, Michael J. Melchin and Heroen Verbruggen in 2011, and the type species is P. nunavutensis.