Ginkgo dissecta
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Ginkgo dissecta is an extinct ginkgo species in the family Ginkgoaceae described from a series of isolated fossil leaves.[1] The species is known from Early Eocene[2] sediments exposed in the province of British Columbia, Canada, and Washington, US. It is one of two Ginkgo species found at the Washington and British Columbia sites.[1]
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Ginkgo dissecta | |
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G. dissecta leaf | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Gymnospermae |
Division: | Ginkgophyta |
Class: | Ginkgoopsida |
Order: | Ginkgoales |
Family: | Ginkgoaceae |
Genus: | Ginkgo |
Species: | †G. dissecta |
Binomial name | |
†Ginkgo dissecta Mustoe, 2002 | |
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