Early Cretaceous (Berriasian)

Yixian Formation

Huangbangi Valley, Beipiao, Liaoning Province, China

17mm on 40mm slab.

Flower.

This is a cluster of flowers or flower-like structure of an unidentified plant. It can be hard say with plant fossils as ancient as this one. In fact, it dates back to the time around the very appearance of flowering plants.

This is a specimen for an advanced plant collector to consider.