Kingdom Plantae | Rank Genus | |
Similar Schmeissneria, Archaefructus, Bennettitales |
Xingxueanthus is an extinct genus of angiosperm plants which existed in China during the middle Jurassic period. It was first named by Xin Wang and Shijun Wang in 2010 and the type species is Xingxueanthus sinensis.
Xingxueanthus is known only from a carbonized inflorescence, which has preserved much detail. There is debate as to the taxonomic position of Xingxueanthus, being either an early Angiosperm, or a new class of Gymnosperm.
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