Parka (genus)

"Parka" is a Silurian fossil believed to be an early land "plant". It bears at least passing resemblance to the coleochaete algae,citation
last1 = Delwiche | first1 = C.F.
last2 = Graham | first2 = L.E.
last3 = Thomson | first3 = N.
year = 1989
title = Lignin-Like Compounds and Sporopollenin Coleochaete, an Algal Model for Land Plant Ancestry
journal = Science
volume = 245
issue = 4916
pages = 399–401
url = http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/245/4916/399
doi = 10.1126/science.245.4916.399] but the significance of this similarity is yet to be established.citation
last1 = Kenrick | first1 = P.
last2 = Crane | first2 = P.R.
year = 2000
title = The Origin and Early Evolution of Plants on Land
journal = Nature
url = http://www.sou.edu/BIOLOGY/Courses/Bi432/Literature/Land_Plants/origin%20evolution%20of%20land%20plants.pdf
format = free full text
doi = 10.1038/35013114
volume = 405
pages = 466]

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