Gingkoites huttoni, Jurassic, GB
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Product information "Gingkoites huttoni, Jurassic, GB"
The Ginkgo is one among the ‘living fossils’. Its only living representative, Ginkgo biloba,
is native to China, but is used worldwide as a decorative plant.
Ginkgoites huttonii is an extinct species belonging to the Ginkgoaceae family.
This genus of relatively rare, non-flowering plants first appeared in the Permian geological epoch
250 million years ago. Evolution within the genus was slow and almost all species were extinct
by the end of Pliocene.
The specimen shown here stems from Jurassic sediments on the North Sea coast of England.
The deeply incised leaves of this fossil specimen are very similar to those of the modern species.
Age: Jurassic, Upper Lias;
Locality: Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England
Size: 14 x 11.7 cm, larger ginkgo leaves: approx. 7 cm
Colors in product photos may differ slightly from those of the original specimen due to technical reasons.
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