Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, China

Research Professor

Email: [email protected]

Qualifications

2004 Ph.D., palaeontology, University of Florida, USA

1993 M.S., botany, Institute of Botany, China

1990 B.S., stratigraphy and palaeontology, Peking University, China

Publications (Selected)

1. Wang, X., Huang, W. J., Fu, Q., et al. (2026). A new early permian fruit, Dengfengfructus maxima gen. et sp. nov., supports the pre-cretaceous origin of angiosperms. BMC Ecology and Evolution, 26(1), Article 17.
2. Huang, W. J., & Wang, X. (2025). Fossil evidence of orchid-like dust seeds in Myanmar amber featuring early angiosperm radiation. Scientific Reports, 15(1), Article 43177.
3. Wang, X. (2025). Lingyuanfructus: The First Fossil Angiosperm with Naked Seeds. Life-Basel, 15(12), Article 1827.
4. Wang, X., & Huang, W. J. (2025). The spiniest seeds found in Mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber. BMC Plant Biology, 25(1), Article 1643.
5. Wang, X., Lei, Y. G., & Fu, Q. (2025). Yuzhoua juvenilis: Another Angiosperm Seen in the Early Permian? Life-Basel, 15(2), Article 286.
6. Huang, W. J., Liu, W. Z., & Wang, X. (2024). The first macrofossil record of parasitic plant flowers from an Eocene Baltic amber. Heliyon, 10(23), Article e40794.
7. Fu, Q., Sun, J., Zheng, S. L., et al. (2024). Unique Jurassic Ovaries Shed a New Light on the Nature of Carpels. Plants-Basel, 13(16), Article 2239.
8. Wang, X., & Chen, L. J. (2024). Shaolinia: A Fossil Link between Conifers and Angiosperms. Plants-Basel, 13(15), Article 2162.
9. Huang, W. J., & Wang, X. (2024). Flower Buds Confirmed in the Early Cretaceous of China. Biology-Basel, 13(6), Article 413.
10. Liu, W. Z., Shen, H. X., & Wang, X. (2024). A novel gymnosperm reproductive organ from the Jurassic of China. Palaeoworld, 33(2), 411–419.
11. Wang, X. (2023). Origin of Angiosperms: Problems, Challenges, and Solutions. Life-Basel, 13(10), Article 2029.
12. Liu, W. Z., Xu, X. P., & Wang, X. (2023). Unique Morphology of Sarcobatus baileyi Male Inflorescence and Its Botanical Implications. Plants-Basel, 12(9), Article 1917.
13. Han, L., Zhao, Y., Zhao, M., et al. (2023). New Fossil Evidence Suggests That Angiosperms Flourished in the Middle Jurassic. Life-Basel, 13(3), Article 819.
14. Fu, Q., Hou, Y. M., Yin, P. F., et al. (2023). Micro-CT results exhibit ovules enclosed in the ovaries of Nanjinganthus. Scientific Reports, 13(1), Article 426.
15. Wang, X., Diez, J. B., Pole, M., et al. (2023). An Anatomically Preserved Cone-like Flower from the Lower Cretaceous of China. Life-Basel, 13(1), Article 129.
16. Chen, L. J., & Wang, X. (2022). A Flower Bud from the Lower Cretaceous of China. Biology-Basel, 11(11), Article 1598.
17. Santos, A. A., & Wang, X. (2022). Pre-Carpels from the Middle Triassic of Spain. Plants-Basel, 11(21), Article 2833.
18. Wang, X. (2022). A Novel Early Cretaceous Flower and Its Implications on Flower Derivation. Biology-Basel, 11(7), Article 1036.
19. Wang, X., Shih, C. K., Liu, Z. J., et al. (2021). Reconstructing the Callianthus planteAn early aquatic angiosperm from the Lower Cretaceous of China. Cretaceous Research, 128, Article 104983.
20. Liu, Z. J., Chen, L. J., & Wang, X. (2021). A whole-plant monocot from the Lower Cretaceous. Palaeoworld, 30(1), 169–175.

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