Leefructus

Leefructus is an extinct genus of eudicot plants which existed in Yixian Formation, China during the early Cretaceous period. It was first named by Ge Sun, David L. Dilcher, Hongshan Wang and Zhiduan Chen in 2011 and the type species is Leefructus mirus.[1]

Leefructus
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 124.5 Ma
↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
Order:
Ranunculales
Family:
incertae sedis (probably Ranunculaceae)
Genus:
Leefructus

Sun et al., 2011
Species
  • L. mirus Sun et al., 2011 (type)

References
  1. Ge Sun, David L. Dilcher, Hongshan Wang and Zhiduan Chen (2011). "A eudicot from the Early Cretaceous of China". Nature. 471 (7340): 625–628. Bibcode:2011Natur.471..625S. doi:10.1038/nature09811. PMID 21455178. S2CID 205224036.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)


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