Ginkgo biloba Leaves Fanning Past and Present (image)

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Caption

The ginkgo tree's emblematic fan-shaped leaf preserved as a 49 million year old fossil with modern autumn leaf overlay.

Credit

Image Attribution: Fossil is from Klondike Mountain Formation, Republic, Ferry County, Washington, USA, Eocene, Ypresian. Stonerose Interpretive Center Collection (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AGinkgo_biloba_leaf_01.jpg)
Modern leaf photo is by Ninjatacoshell https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AAutumn_Ginkgo_Leaf.jpg
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