Wang, Xin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4053-5515
Fu, Qiang https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6948-3747
Huang, Weijia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5112-8931
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (42288201)
the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2024YFF0807601)
Article History
Received: 26 May 2026
Revised: 8 August 2026
Accepted: 13 August 2026
First Online: 25 August 2026
Declarations
Ethics: No ethical approval or consent was necessary for this research, as it did not involve endangered or protected plant species.
Fossil collection permit: This study includes fossil specimens that comply with relevant institutional, national, and international guidelines and legislation. The specimen was lawfully collected from:Antaibao Surface Mine, Pinglu District, Shuozhou City, Shanxi Province, China (E112.41429˚, N39.51613˚).It is permanently curated at the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NIGPAS), Nanjing, China, under the catalog number PB206132. The specimen appraiser is the corresponding author of this article. No ethical approval or consent was necessary for this research, as it did not involve endangered or protected plant species.
Institutional review board: Not applicable.
Informed consent: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.