Figure 2. Fossil and extant Araucaria bract-scale complexes. (1)
Fossil Araucaria bract-scale complex from the Lower Portland Formation of
Massachusetts. Note the central seed-bearing region and lateral wings. # J 1430.
(2) Bract-scale complex of extant Araucaria heterophylla. (From specimen
# BH 2732.) Note similarity to fossil in Figure 1.1. Scale bars = 1.0 cm.
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