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We thank T. Wappler, B. Wang, D. Peris, H. Pang, K. Ma, F. Li and J. Wu for helpful discussions, X. Du and Z. Mai for experimental assistance. This work was supported by the research grant of the Sun Yat-sen University Bairen Plan (77010-18841290). It is a Leverhulme Emeritus Fellowship contribution for E.J. The work of F.G. was funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), project no. P34303-B.
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Bao, T., Wedmann, S., Grímsson, F. et al. Was the kateretid beetle Pelretes really a Cretaceous angiosperm pollinator?. Nat. Plants 8, 38–40 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-021-01044-3
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