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. 2018 Dec 18;7:e38827. doi: 10.7554/eLife.38827

Figure 3. Individuals of Nanjinganthus.

Bar = 1 mm except otherwise annotated. (A–C, PB22224) (A) Flower 2 in Figure 1d (before the dégagement), showing the petal (1) and style (2) still embedded in the sediments. (B The same flower as in Figure 3a, after dégagement, showing the exposed dendroid style (white arrow) and petal (1), and the scale (sc) on the side of receptacle. (C) Detailed view of the style shown in Figure 3b with faint striations (arrows). Bar = 0.5 mm. (D–E) Flower 2 in Figure 2b after and before the organic material of the sepals (white arrows) and petals (black arrows) were removed for cuticle analysis. PB22223. (F) Bottom view of a flower before processing. Internal details are shown in Figure 2e,j. PB22278.

Figure 3.

Figure 3—figure supplement 1. Fossil plants associated with Nanjinganthus.

Figure 3—figure supplement 1.

Bar = 1 mm except otherwise annotated. (A) Neocalamites horridus. PB22234. Bar = 1 cm. (B). Detailed view of the prickles on the stem surface of Neocalamites horridus. (C). Neocalamites. PB22235. Bar = 1 cm. (D). Clathropteris meniscioides. PB22245. Bar = 1 cm. (E). Detailed view of the 4-order reticulate venation of Clathropteris meniscioides, enlarged from Fig. D. PB22245. (F). Reticulate venation of Clathropteris platyphylla. PB22232. (G). Two leaves of Clathropteris meniscioides. PB22233. Bar = 1 cm. (H). Detailed view of the 4-order reticulate venation, enlarged from Fig. G. (I). Cladophlebis. PB22214. Bar = 1 cm. (J). Coniopteris. PB22244. (K). Nilssoniopteris vittata with a robust midrib. PB22238. Bar = 1 cm. (L). Detailed view of the smooth margin and lateral veins branching off from the midrib, enlarged from Fig. K. PB22238. (M). Cladophlebis. PB22251. Bar = 1 cm. (N). ?Hymenophyllaceae. PB22213. Bar = 5 mm. (O). Spiropteris. PB22239. (P). Cladophlebis. PB22219. Bar = 1 cm. (Q). Cladophlebis. PB22217. Bar = 1 cm. (R). Raphaelia. PB22233. (S-T). Otozamites. PB22248B.