Ginkgoales

Ginkgoales Temporal range: 199.6–0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N Jurassic–recent

Jurassic Ginkgo leaves
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Ginkgophyta
Class:	Ginkgoopsida
Order:	Ginkgoales
Families
Ginkgoaceae †Karkeniaceae †Umaltolepidiaceae †Yimaiaceae †Schmeissneriaceae Incertae sedis †Sphenobaiera

Ginkgoales is a plant order containing only one extant species: Ginkgo biloba, the ginkgo tree. It is monotypic (the only taxon) within the class Ginkgoopsida, which itself is monotypic within the division Ginkgophyta. The order includes five families, of which only Ginkgoaceae remains extant.

Gallery of Ginkgo fossils

A 6.7 cm tall Ginkgo biloba leaf, with insect herbivory. Klondike Mountain Formation, Republic, Ferry County, Washington, USA, Eocene, Ypresian, 49 million years old
A 70 mm-wide Ginkgo biloba leaf. Klondike Mountain Formation, Republic, Ferry County, Washington, USA, Eocene, Ypresian, 49 million years old
Ginkgo biloba Eocene fossil leaf from the Tranquille Shale of MacAbee, British Columbia, Canada
Fossil of Ginkgo huttoni. Photo taken at Naturalis Museum in Leyden, Netherlands.
Fossil of Ginkgoites huttoni

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