The rise of angiosperms (flowering plants) was a major revolution in Earth’s history, yet many aspects of their diversification remain unresolved. Extant and fossil data are both critical to understand angiosperm macroevolution and intersect particularly in calibration of molecular dating analyses and in phylogenetic assessments of fossil taxa, but this integration remains often limited and both sources of data are typically under-utilized. Here, I present results from a recent molecular dating study of angiosperms as a whole, calibrated with the most comprehensive set of fossil age constraints to date (238 calibrations). We found substantial time lags (37-56 Ma) between the origin of families (stem age) and the diversification leading to extant species (crown ages), raising new questions about the tempo of angiosperm diversification. I will then introduce the first results from ongoing work aiming at including 100 fossil flowers as tips in angiosperm phylogenetic analyses by recording their traits in our expanding eFLOWER dataset. Lastly, I will present the surprising findings that emerged from three recent reviews on early angiosperm diversification, where we asked: (1) how and when did angiosperms have a significant impact on terrestrial biodiversity?; (2) were early angiosperm and insect diversifications unlinked?; and (3) what is the age of angiosperms?