Wollemi conifer foliage. The Wollemia genus of coniferous plants was only known from fossils until an extant species (Wollemia nobilis, a living fossi

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Wollemi conifer foliage. The Wollemia genus of coniferous plants was only known from fossils until an extant species (Wollemia nobilis, a living fossil) was discovered in Australia in 1994. This species is from the Araucariaceae family, with fossils dating to the Jurassic (200 million years ago).

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