[5] Thin leaves have been discovered for the first time on Tempskya wyomingense specimens;[1] the more commonly seen fossilized leaf bases show that they covered the upper part of the trunk.

[4] Examination of cross sections of various Tempskya specimens shows that those with the largest trunks have the smallest number of stems, and vice versa.

Later on, many of the stems would begin to decay, while the adventitious roots would still provide support and absorb water for the grown plant.

[3] The first fossils of Tempskya was originally described in 1824 as the Endogenites erosa by Stokes and Webb, who considered it to be a palm tree.

The genus Tempskya was named by August Carl Joseph Corda in 1845, from specimens found in what is now the Czech Republic.