Solaranthus

Solaranthus is an extinct genus of plants with contentious affinities which has been found fossilized in the Jiulongshan Formation of China. It dates to the middle Jurassic period.^[1] It was first named by Shaolin Zheng and Xin Wang in 2010 and the type species is Solaranthus daohugouensis.^[1]

Solaranthus Temporal range: Middle Jurassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	?Angiosperms
Genus:	Solaranthus Zheng & Wang, 2010
Species
S. daohugouensis Zheng & Wang, 2010 (type)

Some authors interpret Solaranthus as an unusual angiosperm, while others consider it a cycadalean^[2] or peltaspermalean pollen organ.^[3]