An article published in the journal “eLife” shows the discovery of a plant that was named Nanjinganthus dendrostyla dating back to about 174 million years ago, during the Early Jurassic period, which has characteristics typical of angiosperms, which are the plants with flowers. A team of researchers discovered 264 specimens of 198 individual flowers preserved in 34 plates in the South Xiangshan Formation, China. So far, fossil discoveries indicated that flowers appeared 125-130 million years ago.