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Parka; Fossil range: Silurian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
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]

[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, http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/245/4916/399
^ Kenrick, P.; Crane, P.R. (2000), "The Origin and Early Evolution of Plants on Land" (free full text), Nature 405: 466, doi:10.1038/35013114, http://www.sou.edu/BIOLOGY/Courses/Bi432/Literature/Land_Plants/origin%20evolution%20of%20land%20plants.pdf

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[Delwiche1989-0] 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, http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/245/4916/399

[Kenrick2000-1] Kenrick, P.; Crane, P.R. (2000), "The Origin and Early Evolution of Plants on Land" (free full text), Nature 405: 466, doi:10.1038/35013114, http://www.sou.edu/BIOLOGY/Courses/Bi432/Literature/Land_Plants/origin%20evolution%20of%20land%20plants.pdf

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