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Flowering Plants

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Flowering Plants Onopordum acnathium
Onopordum acanthium

Scientific Name: Angiosperms

Status: Extant (alive today)

Oldest fossil anywhere: Cretaceous of China (about 125 million years old)

Oklahoma fossil record: Macrofossils have been found in Oklahoma rocks deposited during the Cretaceous Period.