A new gnetalean macrofossil from the Lower Cretaceous of the Laiyang Basin, eastern China
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•A new species Laiyangia compacta gen. et sp. nov. with unusual female spikes was described from the Laiyang Formation.•This species shows transitional morphology between early ephedroid and modern gnetoid.•The epidermal microstructural character of this sp... ...