Yixian Cycad-Like Plant Fossil

Tyrmia acrodonta

Bennettitales

Geological Time: Lower Cretaceous (~125 m.y.a.)

Size (25.4 mm = 1 inch): 31 mm across by 41 mm tall (maximum) Matrix: 70 mm by 80 mm

Fossil Site: Yixian Formation, Beipiao, Liaoning Province of China

Fossil Code: TF164

Price: $50.00 - sold

Yixian Cycad-Like Fossil Plant FossilDescription: The Yixian formation of China contains a panoply of exquisitely- preserved insects, vertebrates, Cycadsand plants. This is the first example of a frond of the Bennettitales I have been able to secure. The Bennettitales are a group of extinct seed plants that are similar to the cycads in both size and leaf morphology that existed from the Triassic to the early Cretaceous. This specimen is of a frond of Tyrmia. A total of four genera are known from the Yixian Formation.

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