Xingxueanthus

Xingxueanthus is an extinct genus of plants of dubious affinity which existed in China during the middle Jurassic period.^[1] It was first named by Xin Wang and Shijun Wang in 2010 and the type species is Xingxueanthus sinensis.^[1]

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

Xingxueanthus is known only from a single specimen of carbonized inflorescence. There is debate as to the taxonomic position of Xingxueanthus, being either an early Angiosperm, a new class of Gymnosperm, or a poorly preserved conipherophyte cone.^[2]