Recently, Prof. WANG Yongdong, from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Associate Professor ZHOU Ning from the Department of Geology, Northwest University, in collaboration with other colleagues from Anhui University of Science and Technology, as well as Chengdu University of Science and Technology, conducted a systematic palaeobotanical study on well-preserved Pagiophyllum maculosum Kendall fossils from the Lower Jurassic in the Zigui Basin, western Hubei Province, South China. This study marks the first discovery of this species in China, yielding materials with leafy shoots bearing cuticles, male and female cones. The results has been published in the international journal Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology.