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A Jurassic flower bud from China
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- 1. College of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
- 2. Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology, CAS Centre for Excellence in Life and Palaeoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100044, China
- 3. State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology and CAS Centre for Excellence in Life and Palaeoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
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Cui, Da-Fang, Hou, Yemao, Yin, Pengfei, Wang, Xin (2022): A Jurassic flower bud from China. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 521: 1-13, DOI: 10.1144/SP521-2021-122
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