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The earliest conifer

Nature volume 251, pages 707–708 (1974)Cite this article

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SMALL leaves and a leafy shoot from the Low Westphalian B (Upper Carboniferous) near Wakefield, Yorkshire, represent the oldest direct evidence for the existence of the order Coniferales (conifers) yet discovered. This material is preserved both as compression fossils and as charcoal.

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SCOTT, A. The earliest conifer. Nature 251, 707–708 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/251707a0

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