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. 2020 Mar 18;23(3):100913. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2020.100913

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Pollen Grains Preserved within the Amber Samples

(A) Cycadopites consisting of subprolate/rounded grains from sample MGB 87960, comparable with several palynospecies of Bennettitales.

(B) Prolate grains of Cycadopites from Sample MGB 87961, affiliated with Cycadales and Ginkgoales.

(C–E) Prolate grains of Cycadopites from sample NIGP171364, also affiliated with Cycadales and Ginkgoales, forming an intact clump in (C).

(F–I) Rounded zonasulculate grains of sample NIGP171365, described herein as Praenymphaeapollenites cenomaniensis gen. and sp. nov., a newly defined angiosperm pollen, forming a clump in (I). See Figures S1 and S3.