†Archaefructus sinensis Sun et al. 2002
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Angiospermae - Archaefructaceae
Full reference: G. Sun, Q. Ji, D. L. Dilcher, S. Zheng, K. C. Nixon and X. Wang. 2002. Archaefructaceae, a New Basal Angiosperm Family. Science 296:899-904
Belongs to Archaefructus according to G. Sun et al. 2002
Sister taxon: Archaefructus liaoningensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Huangbanjigou, Jianshangou Bed (NIGP collection), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Huangbanjigou, Jianshangou Bed (NIGP collection)
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