Xingxueanthus
| Xingxueanthus Temporal range: Middle Jurassic | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Angiospermae |
| Genus: | Xingxueanthus Xin Wang & Shijun Wang, 2010 |
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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]
Xingxueanthus is known only from a carbonized inflorescence, which has preserved much detail. There is debate as to the taxonomic position of Xingxueanthus, being either an early Angiosperm, or a new class of Gymnosperm.
References
- β 1.0 1.1 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): 47β55. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00169.x.