Virtual Collection: Progymnosperms

This virtual collection was last curated by Elizabeth Hermsen and Jonathan Hendricks on August 16, 2019. Each model is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Unless otherwise indicated, each model was created by Emily Hauf using specimens at the Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, New York.

Order Archaeopteridales


Fossil specimen of leaves on a branch from the progymnosperm Archaeopteris obtusa from the Devonian of Hancock, New York. Specimen is from the Cornell University Paleobotanical Collection (CUPC), Ithaca, New York (#1880.6A). Length of specimen is approximately 12.5 cm.