Name Platanus
Meaning: Broad, flat.
Grouping: Anqiosperrn.
Dicotyledon, Platanacean.
Informal ID Plane or
sycamore tree.
Fossil size: Leaf Width
19cm!7:.iin.
Reconstructed size: Tree
height up to 40m/130ft
Habitat Mixed woodland
Time span Early to Middle
Cretaceous. 115 million years
ago. to today.
Main fossil sites
Northern Hemisphere
Occurrence: ••