Ancient ginkgo fossil dating back approximately 280 million years discovered in Shanxi

According to CCTV News, local geological workers recently discovered a batch of precious ancient plant fossils along a rural road in Yangquan City, Shanxi Province, China. Experts from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, identified the fossils as ancient Ginkgo biloba plants from the Permian period, dating back approximately 280 million years, making them older than the widespread Jurassic Ginkgo fossils.