Ginkgo huttonii

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| fossil_range = Jurassic

| image = Ginkgoites huttoni img1.jpg

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| genus = Ginkgo

| species = huttonii

| authority = (Sternb.) Heer

| extinct = yes

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Ginkgo huttonii is an extinct Ginkgo species in the family Ginkgoaceae from the Jurassic of England. The fossil is also known by the name, Ginkgoites huttonii, the genus, Ginkgoites, referring to a group of extinct members of the Ginkgoaceae. G. huttonii was a broad-leaved, deciduous gymnosperm{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/plant/ginkgophyte |title=Ginkgophyte |author=Ernest M. Gifford|date=1998 |website=Britannica |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.}} bearing resemblance to the only living member of the Ginkgoaceae, Ginkgo biloba.{{cite journal |last1=Villar de Seoane |first1=Liliana |date=1997 |title=Comparative study between Ginkgoites tigrensisArchangelsky and Ginkgo bilobalinn. leaves |url=http://14.139.63.228:8080/pbrep/bitstream/123456789/1854/1/PbV46N3_1.pdf |journal=Palaeobotanist |volume=46 |issue=3|pages=1–12}}

Description

File:Fossil Plant Ginkgo.jpgGinkgo huttonii is known largely by compression fossils of its leaves. Similar to other members of the Ginkgoites, the fossil leaves of G. huttonii are simple, four-lobed, and have dense, radially disposed venation.{{cite journal

| last1 = Nosova

| first1 = Natalya

| last2 = Zhang

| first2 = Jian-Wei

| date = August 2011

| title = Revision of Ginkgoites obrustschewii (Steward) Seward (Ginkgoales) and the new material from the Jurassic of Northwestern China

| url = https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0034666711000777

| journal = Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

| volume = 166

| issue = 3–4

| pages = 286–294

| doi = 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2011.06.002

| url-access= subscription

}} G. huttonii fossil seeds are frequently found as well as at least a few fossilized male catkins.{{cite web |url=https://steurh.home.xs4all.nl/engyork/eyorkgkg.html |title=Ginkgo-like plants from Yorkshire |last=Steur |first=Hans |date=March 1, 2020 |website=The Jurassic Flora of North Yorkshire |access-date=June 10, 2020}} G. huttonii wood has yet to be described but it is likely the plant was similar to the extant, G. biloba, with wood akin to that of modern-day conifers.{{cite journal |last1=H.A. van Konijnenburg-van Cittert |first1=Johanna |date=2008 |title=The Jurassic fossil plant record of the UK area |url=https://www.academia.edu/23213646|journal=Proceedings of the Geologists' Association}}

==Distribution==

G. huttonii is heavily represented in the Jurassic flora of Yorkshire, England - a flora which has been studied in depth since the 1800s.{{cite journal |last1=M. Slater |first1= Sam |last2= H. Wellman |first2= CHarles |last3= Romano |first3= Michael|last4= Vajda |first4= Vivi |date= 2018|title=Dinosaur-plant interactions within a Middle Jurassic ecosystem-palynology of the Burniston Bay dinosaur footprint locality, Yorkshire, UK |journal=Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments |volume=98 |pages=139–151|doi= 10.1007/s12549-017-0309-9 |s2cid= 135123262 |doi-access= free }} The order Ginkgoales had a wide distribution throughout the northern hemisphere from the Lower Jurassic through the Cretaceous.{{cite web |url=https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/seedplants/ginkgoales/ginkgofr.html |title=Ginkgoales: Fossil Record |author=|date=1997 |website=Ginkgoales |publisher=UC Berkeley}}

Discovery

G. Huttonii was discovered in the 1800s when excavation began throughout the Yorkshire formation. The fossil was first described by Oswald Heer.

References

External links

http://www.fossilmuseum.net/plantfossils/Ginkgo-huttoni/Ginkgo-huttoni.htm

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Category:Jurassic plants

Category:Mesozoic trees