Leefructus

Leefructus
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 124.5 Ma
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Angiospermae
(unranked): Eudicots
Genus: Leefructus
Sun et al., 2011
Species
  • L. mirus Sun et al., 2011 (type)

Leefructus is an extinct eudicot plant which existed in Yixian Formation, China during the early Cretaceous period. It was first named by Ge Sun, David L. Dilcher, Hongshan Wang and Zhiduan Chen in 2011 and the type species is Leefructus mirus.[1]

References

  1. ^ Ge Sun, David L. Dilcher, Hongshan Wang and Zhiduan Chen (2011). "A eudicot from the Early Cretaceous of China". Nature 471 (7340): 625–628. doi:10.1038/nature09811. PMID 21455178. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v471/n7340/full/nature09811.html.