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On this plate there are several fossil short branches of the dawn redwood tree Metasequoia glyptostroboides.The fossil offers a particularly beautiful and high-contrast preservation.The longest branch measures about 41 mm, as it is on the plate.The tree genus Metasequoia was initially only known in fossil records until a recent relic occurrence of this living fossil was found in China in 1941.The recent species Metasequoia glyptostroboides is not permanently greenShort shoots of the primeval sequoia turn red-brown in color in winter, as in deciduous trees, and are thrown off.
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