The Maidenhair Tree, Ginkgo biloba, is perhaps the most iconic of the so-called “living fossil” plants. As the last surviving member of a once-diverse lineage, this genus has a long evolutionary history. Ginkgo species were among the most widespread and dominant trees of the Mesozoic. Recent discoveries have shed new light on its early evolution. Ginkgo yimaensis, from the Middle Jurassic of China, is remarkably similar to the modern species, providing evidence for the genus's evolutionary stasis. The leaves of G. yimaensis are more deeply divided than those of G. biloba, typically with four distinct lobes instead of two. Its seeds were borne on separate stalks. Many-lobed fossil ginkgo leaves found in isolation are often classified under the form-genus Ginkgoites. Like its modern counterpart, Jurassic Ginkgo likely grew in wet forests, often along the banks of meandering rivers.