We describe an early angiosperm and a leaf mine ichnofossil from the Lower Cretaceous Potomac Group of Virginia, USA. The descriptions are based on a fossil leaf that was first reported in 1895 but identified as a fragment ...

Premise of the study: Eudicots diverged early in the evolution of flowering plants and now comprise more than 70% of angiosperm species. In spite of the importance of eudicots, our understanding of the early evolution ...

Abstract Plant fossil collections from Lower Cretaceous floodplain deposits sometimes provide snapshots of local communities that included early herbaceous angiosperms. Here I describe the plant megafossils in a collection ...