Eophylica priscatellata & Phylica Piloburmensis: 99 Million Year Old Flowers Discovered In Myanmar

99 Million Year Old Eophylica Priscatellata and Phylica Piloburmensis Flowers Discovered In Myanmar

According to a new study, the two most well-preserved flowers in the Burmese amber globes are estimated to be 99 million years old.

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That is, it is believed that these two flowers may have blossomed at the foot of dinosaurs that once lived in present-day Myanmar. The condition of these well-preserved Burmese amber globes sheds light on how flowering plants came to be, CNN reports.

Researchers have named one of the flowers preserved in the Burmese amber globes 'Eophylica priscatellata'. The other is named 'Phylica piloburmensis'.

Amber fossils of the dinosaur period are not found everywhere on our planet. There are only a few forms in the state of Kutch in northern Myanmar.