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Age of the First Flowering Plant?
Age of the First Flowering Plant?
The Callovian Age (166–164 Ma) is in the Middle Jurassic Epoch of the Jurassic Period of the Mesozoic Era. It occurs after the Bathonian, and before the Oxfordian Age (Late Jurassic).
Geologic Age
Geologic Age
166.1±1.2–163.5±1.0 Ma
Eon / Era / Period / Epoch
Eon / Era / Period / Epoch
Above: Nilssoniopteris of the order Bennettitales
Fauna
Origin of the pterodactyloids (Andres, Clark, & Xu, 2014)
What happened during this time?
What happened during this time?
Flora
Florigerminis jurassica †, a possible angiosperm, is found from the Jiulongshan Formation, Inner Mongolia, China
Structures described as flowers, fruits, and flower buds are exhibited on a woody stem
If this fossil is confirmed as an angiosperm, this would be the earliest known flowering plant
Above: Florigerminis jurassica, showing flower bud, flower and fruit
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