Mesozoic Ginkgo Fossil

Ginkgo sp

Division Ginkgophyta, Class Ginkgoopsida, Order Ginkgoales, Family Ginkgoaceae

Geological Time: Middle Cretaceous (100 million years ago)

Size (25.4 mm = 1 inch): Plant fossil is 40 mm in length X 25 mm across with 25 mm petiole on a 170 mm X 105 mm matrix

Fossil Site: Baikal Formation, Siberia, Russia

Code: GF59

Price: Sold

Description: This is an exceptional example of a leaf of a Ginkgo tree. This one comes from the Cretaceous of Ginkgo living fossilSiberia, and is seen here as a negative specimen on a pinkish matrix. The Ginkgophyta probably originated about the same time as the Cycads during the late Paleozoic. The fan-shaped leaves of most members are quite distinctive. This is the oldest-known member of a genus still extant today, with Ginkgo biloba termed a “living fossil”.

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