<i>Leefructus mirus</i> (IMAGE)

Indiana University

<i>Leefructus mirus</i>

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This 125 million-year-old fossil of a eudicot is the earliest, most complete to date. It was named Leefructus mirus by a group of scientists that includes IU Bloomington biologist David Dilcher.

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Zhiduan Chen

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