| Xingxueanthus Temporal range: Middle Jurassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | ?Angiosperms |
| Genus: | Xingxueanthus Xin Wang & Shijun Wang, 2010 |
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Xingxueanthus is an extinct genus of plants of dubious affinity which existed in China during the middle Jurassic period. It was first named by Xin Wang and Shijun Wang in 2010 and the type species is Xingxueanthus sinensis.
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.
References
- ^ Xin Wang; Shijun Wang (2010). "Xingxueanthus: An Enigmatic Jurassic Seed Plant and Its Implications for the Origin of Angiospermy". Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. 84 (1): 47–55. Bibcode:2010AcGlS..84...47W. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00169.x. S2CID 140739086.
- 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. 223 (1): 83–99. doi:10.1111/nph.15708. ISSN 1469-8137. PMID 30681148.
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