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Metasequoia occidentalis Chaney, 1951
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Here is a beautiful plate with two Metasequoia branches. The branches themselves are about 62 and 38 mm long.
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 Matrix: | about 100 x 89 mm |
Age: | Oligocene , Muddy Creek Formation (ca. 34 Mill. Jahre) |