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Fossils in China reveal an impressive evolutionary secret of plants – ZME Science
Study sheds light on plant’s evolutionary race
Reconstruction of the crown of Paratingia wuhaia sp. nov. Credit: University of Birmingham.
Noeggerathiales, a now-extinct order of vascular plants, were highly evolved members of the lineage that gave rise to seed plants, according to a new study. Researchers looked into fossil plants preserved within volcanic ash fall in China and shed light on the overall evolution of plants a race eventually won by seed-bearing plants.
The enigmatic Noeggerathiales existed around 325 to 251 million years ago,…
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