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67. Araucaria sp.

The genus Araucaria is one of the oldest conifer lines of our planet from a geological point of view — it began to form in the Triassic period (~240-220 million years ago) and survived until today. Araucaria is a genus of coniferous trees, and its fossil representatives are known from ancient geological times. This sample belongs to the Cretaceous period (Cretaceous period, 137 million years ago).