"Dinosaurs could knock down branches with flowers, they fell into the pitch ..."
Last summer, American scientists who conducted research in Myanmar, found flowers by the age of 100 million years.
These small flowers, with a diameter of 3.4-5 mm, allegedly plucked a dinosaur from a tree in the Cretaceous period.
“Dinosaurs could knock down branches with flowers, they fell into the resin on the araucaria tree, which canned them to the present day,” explained Professor George Poinar.
Flowers received the name Tropidogyne pentaptera, which in translation from Greek means five wings. They were attributed to the now existing plants of the kunonium family, which nowadays includes shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and small flowers growing in the southern hemisphere.
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These small flowers, with a diameter of 3.4-5 mm, allegedly plucked a dinosaur from a tree in the Cretaceous period.
“Dinosaurs could knock down branches with flowers, they fell into the resin on the araucaria tree, which canned them to the present day,” explained Professor George Poinar.
Photo © mymodernmet.com
Flowers received the name Tropidogyne pentaptera, which in translation from Greek means five wings. They were attributed to the now existing plants of the kunonium family, which nowadays includes shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and small flowers growing in the southern hemisphere.
