<P> Flowers are modified leaves possessed only by the angiosperms , which are relatively late to appear in the fossil record . The group originated and diversified during the Early Cretaceous and became ecologically significant thereafter . Flower - like structures first appear in the fossil records some ~ 130 mya , in the Cretaceous . </P>
<P> Flowers are modified leaves possessed only by the angiosperms , which are relatively late to appear in the fossil record . The group originated and diversified during the Early Cretaceous and became ecologically significant thereafter . Flower - like structures first appear in the fossil records some ~ 130 mya , in the Cretaceous . </P>
when did the first flower appear on earth
when did the first flower appear on earth
some ~ 130 mya , in the Cretaceous
some ~ 130 mya , in the Cretaceous