Cryptozoon

noun
Cryp·​to·​zo·​on | \ -ōˌän\

Definition of Cryptozoon

: a form genus of Cambrian and Precambrian reef-forming fossils that are usually considered to be the remains of mats of filamentous calcareous algae

First Known Use of Cryptozoon

1883, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for Cryptozoon

New Latin, from crypt- + -zoon

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