Baiera
Sign in to saveBaiera is a genus of prehistoric gymnosperms in the order Ginkgoales. It is one of the oldest fossil foliage types of Ginkgoales, and is related to the genera Ginkgo and Ginkgoites. Fossils of Baiera are found worldwide, and have been known from the Permian to the Cretaceous.
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- Parent taxon
- Ginkgoaceae
- Image
- Baiera gracilis.jpg
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- end time
- 94300000-0
- taxon name
- Baiera
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Baiera
- start time
- 298900000-
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Baiera is a genus of prehistoric gymnosperms in the order Ginkgoales. It is one of the oldest fossil foliage types of Ginkgoales, and is related to the genera Ginkgo and Ginkgoites. Fossils of Baiera are found worldwide, and have been known from the Permian to the Cretaceous.
== Description == thumb|Artist's reconstruction of Baiera. Baiera species are characterized by fan-shaped leaves, are deeply lobed into four segments, deeply incised into slender segments, and are distinguished from Sphenobaiera by a petiole.
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