Parka (genus)
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| Parka Temporal range: Silurian |
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| 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]
[edit] References
- ^ 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, http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/245/4916/399
- ^ 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, http://www.sou.edu/BIOLOGY/Courses/Bi432/Literature/Land_Plants/origin%20evolution%20of%20land%20plants.pdf
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