This is a fossilised fruit: *Spondylostrobus smithii*. Fruits like this are extremely rare in the fossil record, especially since it has not undergone distortion during burial. This object is part of the historical ‘Ettingshausen collection’, which is on permanent loan from the Institute of Biology, University of Graz. It is not currently on display. **Specimen**: Isolated coalified fruit with seeds preserved **Inventory number**: NHMW-GEO-2024/0188/10398 **Collection**: NHMW, Geology & Palaeontology Dept., Palaeobotany (curator: Chris Mays) **Origin**: A ‘deep lead’ gold mine near Haddon, SW of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia Find out more about the NHM Vienna [here](http://nhm.at/en). Created by Benedict Seidl (NHMW) Method: Photogrammmetrie Contribution to the digitization project „Einsichten in die gesellschaftspolitische Dimension des NHMW über die Jahrhunderte von der Prägung des Wissenschafts-Verständnisses bis zum Nationalpark in der Lobau“ funded by the [BMWKMS](https://www.bmwkms.gv.at/).