Recently, a 53 million year old pteridosperm species, Komlopteris cenozoicus, was discovered at the west coast of Tasmania near Strahan, post-dating the end-Cretaceous extinction by about 13 million years. The discovery of this 'ghost lineage' prompted new excavations at its type locality, which led to the recovery of 52 new leaf specimens of K. cenozoicus. Meticulous preparation of the retrieved hand samples revealed that the new Komlopteris specimens were more complete than those first described and offered the opportunity to study the frond architecture and micromorphology.