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Metasequoia occidentalis Chaney, 1951

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Here is are two fossil leaf branches of a dawn redwood of the species Metasequoia occidentalis from Montana. the second branch is on the backside of the plate. The Tree genus Metasequoia was until the discovery of a relict population in 1941 in China only known from fossil specimens. The dawn redwood is a classical example of a living fossil. The today living species Metasequoia glyptostroboides all the year green. The short branches with the nedels become red- brown when the fall in autumn.

	Location:	Beaverhead County, Montana
	Size of Matrix:	about 60 x 66 mm
	Age:	Oligocene , Muddy Creek Formation (ca. 34 Mill. Jahre)

Product no.: 7952