''Ginkgoites'' is a genus of extinct plants belonging to
Ginkgoaceae
The Ginkgoaceae is a family of gymnosperms which appeared during the Mesozoic Era, of which the only extant representative is ''Ginkgo biloba'', which is for this reason sometimes regarded as a living fossil. Formerly, however, there were several ...
. Fossils of these plants have been found around the globe during the
Triassic
The Triassic ( ; sometimes symbolized 🝈) is a geologic period and system which spans 50.5 million years from the end of the Permian Period 251.902 million years ago ( Mya), to the beginning of the Jurassic Period 201.4 Mya. The Triassic is t ...
,
Jurassic
The Jurassic ( ) is a Geological period, geologic period and System (stratigraphy), stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period, approximately 143.1 Mya. ...
,
Cretaceous
The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 143.1 to 66 mya (unit), million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era (geology), Era, as well as the longest. At around 77.1 million years, it is the ...
, with fossils also known from the
Paleogene
The Paleogene Period ( ; also spelled Palaeogene or Palæogene) is a geologic period and system that spans 43 million years from the end of the Cretaceous Period Ma (million years ago) to the beginning of the Neogene Period Ma. It is the fir ...
. The name was created as a
form genus in 1919 by
Albert Seward, who stated: "I ... propose to employ the name ''Ginkgoites'' for leaves that it is believed belong either to plants generically identical with ''
Ginkgo
''Ginkgo'' is a genus of non-flowering seed plants, assigned to the gymnosperms. The scientific name is also used as the English common name. The order to which the genus belongs, Ginkgoales, first appeared in the Permian, , and ''Ginkgo'' is n ...
'' or to very closely allied types".
References
Ginkgophyta
Prehistoric gymnosperm genera
Cretaceous plants
Jurassic plants
Triassic plants
Norian genus first appearances
Campanian genus extinctions
Prehistoric plants of South America
Triassic life of South America
Permian Brazil
Triassic Brazil
Flora of Rio Grande do Sul
Fossils of Brazil
Santa Maria Formation
Fossil taxa described in 1919
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