Pycnoporidium

{{Short description|Extinct genus of algae}}

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Pycnoporidium is thought to be a genus of red or green alga; one species has been synonymized with the brachiopod Gosaukammerella, leaving the interpretation of the other species uncertain.{{Cite journal | last1 = Senowbari-Daryan | first1 = B. | last2 = Flügel | first2 = E. | title = A 'Problematic fossil' revealed:Pycnoporidium ? Eomesozoicum Flügel, 1972 (Late Triassic, Tethys)—not an enigmatic alga but a strophomenid brachiopod (Gosaukammerella n.g.) | journal = Facies | volume = 34 | pages = 83–99 | year = 1996 | issue = 1 | doi = 10.1007/BF02546158| bibcode = 1996Faci...34...83S | s2cid = 129026554 }}