Yimaia is an extinct genus of Ginkgoalean tree, and the only member of the family Yimaiaceae. In botanical form classification, its a form taxon for ginkgoalean ovulate organs. Yimaia species are distinguished from other Ginkgoales by the presence of "Ovulate organs consisting of a peduncle and up to eight or nine terminal, sessile, contiguous and orthotropous (straight, upright and with a micropyle at apex) ovules." The ovules are associated with leaves of either Baiera or Ginkgoites leaf morphospecies.[1] Fossils have been found in Middle Jurassic deposits in China.
Species
Ginkgoites-type leaf associated with Yimaia capituliformisYimaia capituliformis Zhou, Zheng and Zhang, 2006 Daohugou Bed, China, Callovian[2] Associated with leaves of Ginkgoites type