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Angiosperms of the Cenophytic

The past hundred million years has been characterized by the spectacular radiation of flowering plants. Particularly fine preservation can be found in ambers from Cretaceous to Miocene in age.
Burmese amber containing leaves and six flowers showing excellent details of sepals, pistil, stamens and petals. Hukawng Valley.
Burmese amber containing leaves and six flowers showing excellent details of sepals, pistil, stamens and petals. Hukawng Valley.		 Flower, 8 mm, with a single petal preserved. 6 stamens and a style which splits into three visible.
Flower, 8 mm, with a single petal preserved. 6 stamens and a style which splits into three visible.		 Tropidogyne pikei Chambers, Poinar & Buckley 2010, 5 mm each.
Tropidogyne pikei Chambers, Poinar & Buckley 2010, 5 mm each.		 12 mm angiosperm leaf with bristletail.
12 mm angiosperm leaf with bristletail.
Spinifructus antiquus, palm fruit, 43 mm long, Hell Creek Formation, Upper Cretaceous, Carter County, Montana, USA
Spinifructus antiquus, palm fruit, 43 mm long, Hell Creek Formation, Upper Cretaceous, Carter County, Montana, USA		 Cyclocarya brownii, Juglandaceae fruit, 26 mm on 8 cm matrix, Paleocene, Sentinal Butte Formation, Morton County, N Dakota, USA
Cyclocarya brownii, Juglandaceae fruit, 26 mm on 8 cm matrix, Paleocene, Sentinal Butte Formation, Morton County, N Dakota, USA		 Baltic oak flower
Baltic oak flower		 Flower, 7 mm, in Baltic amber
Flower, 7 mm, in Baltic amber
6 mm Baltic amber flower
6 mm Baltic amber flower		 Macginicarpa glabra (Platanaceae), 20 mm. Green River Formation. Eocene. Bonanza, Uinta County, Utah, USA.
Macginicarpa glabra (Platanaceae), 20 mm. Green River Formation. Eocene. Bonanza, Uinta County, Utah, USA.		 Persea coriacea (Red bay, family Lauraceae) leaf (30 mm) with flower showing stamens (8 mm). Green River Formation Uinta County,
Persea coriacea (Red bay, family Lauraceae) leaf (30 mm) with flower showing stamens (8 mm). Green River Formation Uinta County,		 Podocarpium podocarpon fruit of Podogonium knorii. Miocene. Erdobenye, Zemplin Mountains, Hungary.
Podocarpium podocarpon fruit of Podogonium knorii. Miocene. Erdobenye, Zemplin Mountains, Hungary.
Sycamore seed, 16 mm long. Muddy Creek Formation. Oligocene. Beaverhead County, Montana, USA.
Sycamore seed, 16 mm long. Muddy Creek Formation. Oligocene. Beaverhead County, Montana, USA.		 en namoura angiosperm.jpg
en namoura angiosperm.jpg		 Sapinus sp. Green River Formation, Parachute Creek Member, Eocene
Sapinus sp. Green River Formation, Parachute Creek Member, Eocene		 Macginitiea wyomingensis, 125 mm sycamore leaf, Green River Formation, Eocene, Bonanza
Macginitiea wyomingensis, 125 mm sycamore leaf, Green River Formation, Eocene, Bonanza

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