angiosperms older than Cretaceous?

[Dieter Walossek]

Dear all, as far as I know there was no more questioning about a
pre-cretaceous origin of angiosperms before the Cretaceous, at least after
the discoveries of tiny flowers in three-dimensional preservation, even
with pollen still in their capsules, by Else Marie Frijs in the mid to late
80ies. DIETER WALOSSEK

Crane, Peter R., Friis, Else Marie & Pedersen, Kaj Raunsgaard 1986
        Lower Cretaceous Angiosperm Flowers: Fossil Evidence on Early
Radiation of Dicotyledons.      Science 232, 852-854; Washington.
Friis, Else Marie 1984  Preliminary report of Upper Cretaceous angiosperm
reproductive organs from Sweden and their level of organization.
        Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 71, 403-418.
Friis, Else Marie 1985  Actinocalyx gen.nov., sympetalous angiosperm
flowers from the Upper Cretaceous of Southern Sweden.   Palaeobotany and
Palynology 45, 171-183. Amsterdam.
Friis, Else Marie, Crane, P.R. & Pedersen, K.R. 1986    Floral evidence for
Cretaceous chloranthoid angiosperms.    Nature 320(6058), 163-164.
Friis, Else Marie & Crepet, W.L. 1987   Time of appearance of floral
features.       In Friis, E.M., Chaloner, W.G. & Crane, P.R. (eds.): The
Origin of Angiosperms and their Biological Consequences, 145-179. Cambridge
University Press, .................
Friis, Else Marie & Skarby, A. 1981     Structurally preserved angiosperm
flowers from the Upper Cretaceous of Southern Sweden.   Nature 291(5815),
485-486.

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