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Mystery of 'living fossil' tree frozen in time for 66 million years finally solved

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The Wollemi pine (Wollemia nobilis) is nearly identical to preserved remains dating to the Cretaceous period ( 145 million to 66 million years ago ) There are now just 60 of these trees in the wild — and these tenacious survivors are threatened by bushfires in the region.

The species is critically endangered by the National Science Foundation .