Fossilized seed of Engelhardia macroptera, a tree in the family Juglandaceae, found in Miocene deposits in western Europe. Now extinct in the Northern

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Fossilized seed of Engelhardia macroptera, a tree in the family Juglandaceae, found in Miocene deposits in western Europe. Now extinct in the Northern Hemisphere, species of Engelhardia still thrive in tropical and subtropical forests of Southern and Southeastern Asia.

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Photo credit: © DIRK WIERSMA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: -, botanical, botany, earth, engelhardia, flora, fossil, fossilised, fossilized, geological, geology, juglandaceae, macroptera, miocene, nature, palaeobotany, palaeontology, paleontology, petrified, plant, prehistoric, prehistory, sciences, seed, subtropical, tree, tropical