[Nebullis]

The original article shows several faces of the fossil, some with exquisite details of the flowers. Very pretty. Why China?

Plus, these pictures are not non sequiturs intended to wow the dummies.

[Lurking Libertarian]

Time to cue Duke Ellington's "A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing"...

[VadeRetro]

Why China?

China does seem to have a good bit of the action just now in paleontology. One answer might be that it's big and relatively unexplored (fossil-wise) until lately. It seems to have had a number of Pompeii-style or even Mt. St. Helens-style volcanic burial events.

Plus, these pictures are not non sequiturs intended to wow the dummies.

Agreed. Nature isn't debating ID. The arguments on FR wander a bit by comparison to your standard, stolid, science article. I've noticed a lot of illogic, too.