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Archaefructus liaoningensis

Angiospermae - Archaefructaceae

Taxonomy
Archaefructus liaoningensis was named by Sun et al. (1998). Its type specimen is NIGP SZ0916 and is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Huangbanjigou, Jianshangou Bed (NIGP collection), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large mudstone in the Yixian Formation of China. It is the type species of Archaefructus.