Back أركيامفورا لونجيسيرفيا Arabic Archaeamphora longicervia German Archaeamphora longicervia Spanish کهنکوزه FA Archaeamphora longicervia French Archaeamphora ID Archaeamphora Polish Archaeamphora Russian Archaeamphora Ukrainian Archaeamphora longicervia VI
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| Fossils of A. longicervia described in Wong et al. (2015) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Gymnospermae |
| Division: | Pinophyta |
| Class: | Pinopsida |
| Order: | Pinales |
| Family: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | †Archaeamphora H.Q.Li |
| Species: | †A. longicervia
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| †Archaeamphora longicervia | |
Archaeamphora longicervia is a fossil plant species, the only member of the hypothetical genus Archaeamphora. Fossil material assigned to this taxon originates from the Yixian Formation of northeastern China, dated to the Early Cretaceous (around 143 to 101 million years ago).[1]
The species was originally described as a pitcher plant with close affinities to extant members of the family Sarraceniaceae. This would make it the earliest known carnivorous plant and the only known fossil record of Sarraceniaceae, or the New World pitcher plant family.[2][3][4][5] Archaeamphora is also one of the three oldest known genera of angiosperms (flowering plants). Li (2005) wrote that "the existence of a so highly derived Angiosperm in the Early Cretaceous suggests that Angiosperms should have originated much earlier, maybe back to 280 mya as the molecular clock studies suggested".[1]
Subsequent authors have questioned the identification of Archaeamphora as a pitcher plant and a taxon of angiosperm at all.[6][7][8] The fossils more probably represent leaves (needles) of the coniferous Liaoningocladus boii deformed by insect galls.[9]
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- ^ Krutzsch, W (1989). "Paleogeography and historical phytogeography (paleochorology) in the Neophyticum". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 162 (1–4): 5–61. Bibcode:1989PSyEv.162....5K. doi:10.1007/BF00936909. S2CID 10454432.
- ^ Anderson, J.A.R.; Muller, J. (1975). "Palynological study of a Holocene peat and a Miocene coal deposit from NW Borneo". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 19 (4): 291–351. Bibcode:1975RPaPa..19..291A. doi:10.1016/0034-6667(75)90049-4.
- ^ Kumar, M (1995). "Pollen tetrads from Palaeocene sediments of Meghalaya, India: comments on their morphology, botanical affinity and geological records". Palaeobotanist. 43 (1): 68–81.
- ^ McPherson, S., A. Wistuba, A. Fleischmann & J. Nerz 2011. Sarraceniaceae of South America. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole.
- ^ Heřmanová, Z.; Kvaček, J. (2010). "Late Cretaceous Palaeoaldrovanda, not seeds of a carnivorous plant, but eggs of an insect". Journal of the National Museum (Prague), Natural History Series. 179 (9): 105–118. Archived from the original on 2015-10-09. Retrieved 2012-10-26.
- ^ Brittnacher, J (2013). "Phylogeny and biogeography of the Sarraceniaceae". Carnivorous Plant Newsletter. 42 (3): 99–106. doi:10.55360/cpn423.jb578. S2CID 247114275.
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