Tarimochara

Tarimochara
	Map of the Earth during the Ordovician period around 465 million years ago
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukarya
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Charophyta
Class:	Charophyceae
Binomial name
	Tarimochara miraclensis; Liu, Wu & Riding

Last updated August 05, 2025

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

↑ Liu, Lijing; Han, Jian; Zhang, Zhifei; Tang, Qing; Pang, Ke; Li, Ruiyun; Wu, Yasheng; Hua, Hong; Guo, Bin; Cai, Chunfang; Riding, Robert (June 2025). "Ordovician marine Charophyceae and insights into land plant derivations". Nature Plants. 11 (6): 1116–1126. doi:10.1038/s41477-025-02003-y. ISSN 2055-0278.

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[1] Liu, Lijing; Han, Jian; Zhang, Zhifei; Tang, Qing; Pang, Ke; Li, Ruiyun; Wu, Yasheng; Hua, Hong; Guo, Bin; Cai, Chunfang; Riding, Robert (June 2025). "Ordovician marine Charophyceae and insights into land plant derivations". Nature Plants. 11 (6): 1116–1126. doi:10.1038/s41477-025-02003-y. ISSN 2055-0278.

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