Archaefructus Sun et al. 1998

Angiospermae - Archaefructaceae

Full reference: G. Sun, D. L. Dilcher, S. Zheng and Z. Zhou. 1998. In Search of the First Flower: A Jurassic Angiosperm, Archaefructus, from Northeast China. Science 282:1692-1695

Parent taxon: Archaefructaceae according to G. Sun et al. 2002

See also Sun et al. 1998

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Archaefructus liaoningensis Archaefructus sinensis

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Type: Archaefructus liaoningensis

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Huangbanjigou, Jianshangou Bed (NIGP collection) (Cretaceous of China)

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