Biology:Tarimochara

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Tarimochara is an extinct genus of algae in the class Charophyceae that lived during the late Ordovician period around 454-449 million years ago in China. This genus contains only one species, Tarimochara micaclensis. It has some key morphological innovations associated with an transition between streptophyte algae and land plants. It lived in shallow marine environments such as carbonate platforms.[1]

References

  1. Liu, Lijing; Han, Jian; Zhang, Zhifei; Tang, Qing; Pang, Ke; Li, Ruiyun; Wu, Yasheng; Hua, Hong et al. (June 2025). "Ordovician marine Charophyceae and insights into land plant derivations" (in en). Nature Plants 11 (6): 1116–1126. doi:10.1038/s41477-025-02003-y. ISSN 2055-0278. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/392239446. 

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