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In addition to those fossil plants that can be put in angiosperms without reservation, there are more fossil plants that are most likely angiosperms, but the current knowledge on them does not allow the author to put them in angiosperms according to the criterion proposed in Chap. 3. In this chapter, two of these plants are briefly documented. These two show combinations of characters that are never seen in gymnosperms, but are frequently seen in angiosperms. Their angiosperm-like traits prompt the author to share their information with the readers. It is hoped that future study will elucidate whether they are angiosperms or just angiosperm-like gymnosperms.
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Wang, X. (2010). Trace of Possible Angiosperms in the Jurassic. In: The Dawn Angiosperms. Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences, vol 121. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01161-0_7
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