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Metasequoia occidentalis Chaney, 1951
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Here is a nice and inexpensive example of the fossil leaf a red Dawnwood of the species Metasequoia occidentalis.
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.
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| | Location: | Beaverhead County, Montana | |
| Size of Plate: | about 62 x 45 mm |
| Age: | Oligocene , Muddy Creek Formation (ca. 34 Mill. Jahre) |
