Plant
Archaefructus
Archaefructus liaoningensis had finely divided foliage and slender reproductive axes.
Archaefructus liaoningensis had finely divided foliage and slender reproductive axes. Its fossils help document the variety of early flowering plants.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Archaefructus at a glance
- Diet
- Photosynthetic
- It used sunlight to make organic matter through photosynthesis.
- When it lived
- Early Cretaceous
- Group
- Angiospermae
- Flowering plants
Beyond the game
The real Archaefructus
Archaefructus liaoningensis had finely divided foliage and slender reproductive axes. Its fossils help document the variety of early flowering plants.
Its slender reproductive structures carried the organs of an early flowering plant. The fossil does not show the large, showy blossom familiar from many modern garden flowers.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: Paleobiology Database and linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
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