Living and Fossilized Ginkgo Leaf (IMAGE)

University of Southampton

Living and Fossilized Ginkgo Leaf

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This is a living Ginkgo leaf (left) and fossil (right). Density of stomata in such leaves is proxy of atmospheric CO2 in past.

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Dana Royer

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