Xingxueanthus
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Xingxueanthus is an extinct genus of plants of dubious affinity which existed in China during the middle Jurassic period.[1] It was first named by Xin Wang and Shijun Wang in 2010 and the type species is Xingxueanthus sinensis.[1]
Xingxueanthus is known only from a single specimen of carbonized inflorescence. There is debate as to the taxonomic position of Xingxueanthus, being either an early Angiosperm, a new class of Gymnosperm, or a poorly preserved conipherophyte cone.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Xingxueanthus: An Enigmatic Jurassic Seed Plant and Its Implications for the Origin of Angiospermy". Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. 84 (1): 47–55. 2010. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00169.x.
{{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter|authors=(help) - ^ Coiro, Mario; Doyle, James A.; Hilton, Jason (2019). "How deep is the conflict between molecular and fossil evidence on the age of angiosperms?". New Phytologist. 0 (ja): 83–99. doi:10.1111/nph.15708. ISSN 1469-8137. PMID 30681148.
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