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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
What happened during this time?
What happened during this time?
Florigerminis jurassica †, a possible angiosperm is found from the Jiulongshan Formation, Inner Mongolia, China
Flower, fruit, and flower bud are exhibited on a woody stem
If this fossil is confirmed as an angiosperm, this would be the earliest known flowering plant
Origin of the pterodactyloids (LiveScience)
Above: Florigerminis jurassica, showing flower bud, flower and fruit
Above: Nilssoniopteris of the order Bennettitales
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