A Flower Bud from the Lower Cretaceous of China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although various angiosperms (including their flowers) have been reported from the Yixian Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of China, which is famous worldwide for its fossils of early angiosperms, no flower bud has hitherto been seen in the Early Cretaceous. Such a lack of examples hinders our understanding of the evolution of flowers.

Methods

The specimen studied in the present paper was collected from an outcrop of the Yixian Formation (the Barremian-Aptian, Lower Cretaceous) of Dawangzhangzi in Lingyuan, Liaoning, China. The specimen was photographed using a Nikon D200 digital camera, its details were observed and photographed using a Nikon SMZ1500 stereomicroscope, and some of its details were observed using a Leo 1530 VP SEM.

Results

We report a fossilized

SUBMITTER: Chen LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9687830 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature