Parka (genus)

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Parka
Temporal range: Silurian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Chlorophyceae?
Order: Coleochaetales?

Parka is a Silurian fossil believed to be an early land "plant". It bears at least passing resemblance to the alga Coleochaete,[1] but the significance of this similarity is yet to be established.[2]

References

  1. Delwiche, C.F.; Graham, L.E.; Thomson, N. (1989), "Lignin-Like Compounds and Sporopollenin Coleochaete, an Algal Model for Land Plant Ancestry", Science 245 (4916): 399–401, doi:10.1126/science.245.4916.399, PMID 17744148 
  2. Kenrick, P.; Crane, P.R.; Vabres, P; Yamaoka, S; Heuertz, S; Munnich, A; Israël, A; Heiss, NS et al. (2000), "The Origin and Early Evolution of Plants on Land" (free full text), Nature 405 (6785): 466–72, doi:10.1038/35013114, PMID 10839543 


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