Leefructus

Extinct genus of eudicot plants

Leefructus
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 124.5 Ma
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
Order:
Ranunculales
Family:
incertae sedis (probably Ranunculaceae)
Genus:
Leefructus

Sun et al., 2011
Species
  • L. mirus Sun et al., 2011 (type)

Leefructus is an extinct genus of eudicot plants which existed in Yixian Formation, China during the early Cretaceous period. It was first named by Ge Sun, David L. Dilcher, Hongshan Wang and Zhiduan Chen in 2011 and the type species is Leefructus mirus.[1]

References

  1. ^ Ge Sun; David L. Dilcher; Hongshan Wang; Zhiduan Chen (2011). "A eudicot from the Early Cretaceous of China". Nature. 471 (7340): 625–628. Bibcode:2011Natur.471..625S. doi:10.1038/nature09811. PMID 21455178. S2CID 205224036.
Taxon identifiers
Leefructus mirus


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