Xingxueanthus

Xingxueanthus
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Angiospermae
Genus: Xingxueanthus
Xin Wang & Shijun Wang, 2010
Species
  • X. sinensis Xin Wang & Shijun Wang, 2010 (type)

Xingxueanthus is an extinct angiosperm plant 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] This plant was very rare.

References

  1. ^ a b Xin WANG; and 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. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00169.x.