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Fossils reveal flowers originated 50 million years earlier than thought
Fossils of Nanjinganthus
Impact statement: The discovery in China of fossil specimens of a flower called Nanjinganthus from the Early Jurassic period suggests that flowers originated 50 million years earlier than previously thought.
Scientists have discovered the first flower specimens da... |
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Hyoliths with pedicles illuminate the affinity with brachiopods
Pedunculotheca diania Sun, Zhao et Zhu gen. et sp. nov. from the Chengjiang Biota, Yunnan Province, China
Hyoliths are a taxonomically problematic group of Palaeozoic lophotrochozoans that are among the first shelly fossils to appear in the Cambrian period. On the basis of their distinctive e... |
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Chinese-led Team Shows Mass Extinction Happened in Geological “Instant”
Outcrop photos of the Permian-Triassic boundary interval at Penglaitan (image by NIGPAS)
It took less than 30,000 years, and maybe only thousands, to kill more than 90% of sea creatures and most land species, according to the most precise study ever published about the mass extinction marking... |
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Fossils reveal diverse Mesozoic pollinating lacewings
Ecological restoration of kalligrammatids. a, Jurassic kalligrammatids in the Daohugou forest. b, Cretaceous kalligrammatids in the Burmese amber forest (image by YANG Dinghua)
Romeo and Juliet, a romantic but sentimental love story happened in Italy. Now there is a more ancient version, whic... |
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Chinese Fossils Reveal Middle-Late Triassic Insect Radiation
Photographs of typical insect fossils from Tongchuan and Karamay entomofaunas (Image by NIGPAS)
Recently, scientists from China and the UK reported two Middle-Late Triassic entomofaunas, providing not only the earliest records of several modern insect elements, but also new insights into the ... |
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