Baiera

†Baiera africana†Baiera darleyensis†Baiera digitata†Baiera gracilis†Baiera mansfeldensis†Baiera muensteriana Baiera is a genus of prehistoric gymnosperms in the order Ginkgoales.

[2] It is one of the oldest fossil foliage types of Ginkgoales,[3] and is related to the genera Ginkgo and Ginkgoites.

Baiera species are characterized by fan-shaped leaves,[4] are deeply lobed into four segments,[5] deeply incised into slender segments,[4] and are distinguished from Sphenobaiera by a petiole.

[6] Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Braun first introduced the name Baiera in 1843 to refer to fossils in Germany that he interpreted as ginkgophytes.

[7] In 1936, Carl Rudolf Florin used Baiera to refer to leaves with a distinct stalk or petiole and with a semicircular or triangular shape.

Artist's reconstruction of Baiera .