Cryptozoon

[ krip-tuh-zoh-on ]

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noun

an extinct genus of algae from Precambrian and Cambrian times, forming irregularly hemispherical fossil colonies composed of layers of limy precipitate.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Cryptozoon¹

From New Latin, dating back to 1883; crypto-, -zoon

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In the Cambrian or Siluro-Cambrian, however, we meet with many gigantic Protozoa, more especially those known as Stromatopora, Archæocyathus, Receptaculites, and Cryptozoon.

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cryptozoology cryptozygous

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