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Discovery of fossil monocotyledons from Yixian Formation, western Liaoning

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This is the first reports of a few fossil monocotyledons, includingLiaoxia chenii gen. et sp. nov. (belonging to Cyperaceae),Eragrosites changii gen. et sp. nov. (Gramineae) and a monocotyledonous leaf-shoot, obtained from the Late Jurassic Yixian Formation of western Liaoning Province, NE China. These fossils are the oldest known angiosperms in the world. It may be inferred that the earliest angiosperms probably appeared even earlier than the Late Jurassic.

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  1. Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 210008, Nanjing, China

    Zhengyao Cao & Shunqing Wu

  2. Fuxin Mineralogical College, 123000, Fuxin, China

    Ping’an Zhang

  3. Regional Geological Survey Team of Liaoning Province, 116100, Dalian, China

    Jieru Li

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Cao, Z., Wu, S., Zhang, P. et al. Discovery of fossil monocotyledons from Yixian Formation, western Liaoning. Chin.Sci.Bull. 43, 230–233 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02898918

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