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A eudicot from the Early Cretaceous of China

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  • Ge Sun

    (Paleontological Institute of Shenyang Normal University
    Research Center of Paleontology, Jilin University)

  • David L. Dilcher

    (Paleontological Institute of Shenyang Normal University
    Research Center of Paleontology, Jilin University
    Indiana University)

  • Hongshan Wang

    (Paleontological Institute of Shenyang Normal University
    Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida)

  • Zhiduan Chen

    (State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China)

Abstract

An early flowering The early history of flowering plants (angiosperms) is contentious, but a steady stream of fossil discoveries from the Early Cretaceous of China is beginning to fill in some of the gaps in our knowledge. The latest of these, found in the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation, is a fossil that dates to between 124.4 million and 122.9 million years old. It is particularly informative because this angiosperm is a eudicot — the relatively derived group that dominates the flowering plants in the world today — and is also possibly a member of the Ranunculaceae. The fossil confirms the presence of the eudicots at this time and documents an early burst of angiosperm evolution.

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  • Ge Sun & David L. Dilcher & Hongshan Wang & Zhiduan Chen, 2011. "A eudicot from the Early Cretaceous of China," Nature, Nature, vol. 471(7340), pages 625-628, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:471:y:2011:i:7340:d:10.1038_nature09811
    DOI: 10.1038/nature09811
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    1. Xing Guo & Dongming Fang & Sunil Kumar Sahu & Shuai Yang & Xuanmin Guang & Ryan Folk & Stephen A. Smith & Andre S. Chanderbali & Sisi Chen & Min Liu & Ting Yang & Shouzhou Zhang & Xin Liu & Xun Xu & P, 2021. "Chloranthus genome provides insights into the early diversification of angiosperms," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 12(1), pages 1-14, December.

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