Lovely Plantae: Archaefructus liaoningensis
Archaefructaceae has been proposed as a new basal angiosperm family of herbaceous aquatic plants.
Fossils found in the Yixian Formation, Liaoning, China are very well preserved and show fruiting axes. Archaefrutus liaoningensis has reproductive axes but lacks petals and sepals, and bears…
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