If you find a fossil of a flowering plant, the rock would have to be a minimum of 543 million years old because flowering plants appeared at the beginning of the Paleozoic Era.

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The statement is incorrect. Flowering plants actually appeared during the Mesozoic Era, which began around 252 million years ago. Therefore, the rock would have to be a minimum of 252 million years old to contain a fossil of a flowering plant.

If You Find a Fossil of a Flowering Plant, the Rock