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Paleozoic

Permian

Ginkgo fossil Perm Kupferschiefer Germany (photo Cor Kwant)

Ginkgo sp.
Lower Upper Permian (Lower Thuringian), Zechstein / Kupferschiefer, Harz area, Central Germany
Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
photos © Cor Kwant

Mesozoic

Triassic

*Sphenobaiera ugotheriensis* Triassic (Anisian stage), Dicroidium Flora, Benolong, New South Wales, Australia *photo © David Scarboro*	*Ginkgo semirotunda* Triassic, Benolong, New South Wales, Australia *from M.E. White, The Greening of Gondwana*
Pictures left and right: Baiera schenki Mid to Late Triassic, Molteno Formation, South Africa *photos © David Scarboro*
*Ginkgo sp.* Triassic, Carnian, Stanhope Coal Mine, Avoca, Tasmania *photo © David Scarboro*	*Ginkgo ginkgoides* Triassic, Norian, Ipswich Coal Measures, Brassal Subgroup, Blackstone Formation, Dinmore Quarry, Dinmore (near Ipswich), Queensland, Australia *photo © David Scarboro*
*Ginkgoites watsoniae sp. nov.* Late Triassic, Chinle Formation, Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, USA *from Carole T. Gee, Plants in Mesozoic Time*	.

Jurassic

Ginkgo and ferns fossils, Upper Jurassic. Photo taken at an exposition in the Schillat cave (near Hameln/Hannover). The specimen is from a quarry nearby. Length of the part shown in the picture is about 30 cm. *photo: Hans-Michael Trautnitz*	*Baiera hallei* Middle Jurassic, Yima formation, Yima coalmine, Henan Province, China *photo © David Scarboro*
*Ginkgo huttoni* Jurassic, Scarborough, UK *Naturalis, Leiden* *photo © Cor Kwant*

Cretaceous

*Ginkgo australis* Lower Cretaceous, Strzelecki Group, Koonwarra Fish Beds, Leongnatha, East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia *photo © Fossilmall*	*Ginkgo sp.* Lower Cretaceous, Baikal Formation, Baikal, Siberia *photo © David Scarboro*
*Ginkgo pluripartita* Lower Cretaceous, Berriasian Stage, Duingen, Niedersachsen, Germany *photo © David Scarboro*	*Ginkgo apodes* Cretaceous, Yixian formation, Liaoning province, China *photo © Z. Zhou*
*Ginkgo sp.* Late Cretaceous (Campanian), Knee Hill Tuff from Drumheller, Alberta, Canada *photo © David Scarboro*	*Ginkgo digitata* Cretaceous, Bohemanneset, Spitsbergen, Norway *photo © Paleontological Museum, University of Oslo, Norway*

Tertiary

Paleocene

*Ginkgo adiantoides* Paleocene, Paskapoo formation, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada *photo © David Scarboro*	*Ginkgo cranei* Paleocene, Sentinnel Butte Formation, Almont, North Dakota *photo © Dr. Héctor Fierro*
*Ginkgo* Paleocene, Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Norway *photo © Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway*

Ginkgo adiantoides
Paleocene, Scotland
Naturalis, Leiden
photo © Cor Kwant

Eocene

*Ginkgo adiantoides* Eocene, Salmon River Flora Idaho, USA *photo © David Scarboro*	*Ginkgo adiantoides* Eocene, MacAbee Formation, Cache Creek, British Columbia, Canada *photo © David Scarboro*
*Ginkgo adiantoides* Eocene, Swauk formation, Old Blewett Pass, Washington State, USA According to Prof. Patrick Spencer, paleontologist at Whitman College, these are the first Ginkgo leaves found in this formation. Found by (+ © photo): Thomas Phelan, former *scientific staff member Smithsonian Institution.*	*Ginkgo jiayinensis* Wuyun Formation of Jiayin, Heilongjiang, northeastern China (Ginkgo adiantoides is also present in this formation in the Eocene.) *photo © Z. Zhou*
*Ginkgo patagonica* Eocene, Argentina *photo © David Scarboro*

Oligocene

Ginkgo fossil B.C. Canada (photo Cor Kwant)

Ginkgo adiantoides
Oligocene, Transquille near Kamloops
British Columbia, Canada
Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
photo © Cor Kwant

Ginkgo adiantoides, Oligocene, Oregon (photo David Scarboro)

Ginkgo adiantoides
Oligocene, Thomas Creek, Oregon
photo © David Scarboro

Neogene

Ginkgo adiantoides, Unterwohlbach Formation

OligoGinkgo adiantoides
Miocene, Unterwohlbach Formation,
South Germany
photo © David Scarboro

Ginkgo adiantoides, Unterwohlbach (photo Cor Kwant)

Ginkgo adiantoides
Unterwohlbach Formation,
South Germany
Paläontologische Museum München
photo © Cor Kwant

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Middle Mesozoic fossils of Ginkgo:

A:G.digitata (Seward 1900)
B: Salisburia digitata (Saporta 1884)
C:G.adiantoides (Konstantov 1914)
D:G. digitata (Stanislavski 1957)
E:Salisburia digitata (Saporta 1884)
F:G. digitata (Stanislavski 1957)
G-I:G.digitata (Harris 1948)
J: G. huttoni (Bartholin 1892-1894)
K:G. digitata (Kryshtofovitch 1927)
L:G.huttoni (Krasser 1900)
M: G.huttoni (Vakhrameev & Doludenko 1961)
N-P:G.digitata incl.var.huttoni (Oishi 1940)
Q-U:G. huttoni (Harris 1948)

From Tralau H. 1968,
Evolutionary trends in the genus Ginkgo, Lethaia 1:63-101

Upper Mesozoic fossils of Ginkgo:

A: G.adiantoides (Vakhrameev 1958)
C:G. adiantoides (Vasiljevskaja & Pavlov 1963)
D:G. adiantoides (Vasiljevskaja & Pavlov 1963)
E:G. adiantoides (Vasiljevskaja & Pavlov 1963)
F:G. adiantoides (Vasiljevskaja & Pavlov 1963)
G:G. adiantoides (Bell 1956)
H:G. pluripartita (Bell 1956)
I:G. pluripartita (Bell 1956)
J:G.dawsoni ( Bell 1957)
K:Baiera pluripartita (Schenk 1871)
L:G.huttoni (Ward 1905)
M:G.pseudoadiantoides (Hollick 1930)
N:G.digitata (Nathorst 1919)
O:G. digitata (Nathorst 1919)
P:G.polaris (Florin 1936)
Q: G.digitata (Ward 1905)
R:G.huttoni (Ward 1905)

The Jurassic Flora, A.C. Seward 1900

Top left: Ginkgo digitata
The Jurassic Flora, vol.1 The Yorkshire Coast.
London 1900. Plate IX from A.C. Seward
Catalogue of the Mesozoic Plants, Dept.of Geology, British Museum, UK

ginkgo fossil stamp Transkei

The only Ginkgo fossil stamp ever issued - from Transkei: Ginkgo koningensis.

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