Neoprincipia

Neoprincipia Temporal range: Visean PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Phylum:	Rhodophyta
Class:	Florideophyceae
stem group:	Corallinales
Family:	†Archaeolithophyllaceae
Genus:	†Neoprincipia Cózar & Vachard, 2003
Species
N. guadiatica Cózar & Vachard, 2003 N. tethysiana Cózar & Vachard, 2003

Neoprincipia is interpreted as the earliest crown-group red alga.^[1]

References

1. ^ Cózar, P. (2003). "Neoprincipia nov. gen., a new Mississippian red alga, and remarks on the Archaeolithophyllaceae (Rhodophyta)". Geobios 36 (5): 505–517. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(03)00060-3.  edit