The puzzle presented by the famous stumps of Gilboa, New York, finds a solution in the discovery of two fossil specimens that allow the entire structure of these early trees to be reconstructed.
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Meyer-Berthaud, B., Decombeix, AL. A tree without leaves. Nature 446, 861–862 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/446861a
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