Leaf Fossil Metasequoia
$24.00
A well-preserved metasequoia leaf fossil from the Muddy Creek Formation in Montana, with a flat bottom for easy display.
Approx: 3 1/8″ H x 3 7/8″ W x 5/8″ D; 6.6 oz.
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Metasequoia (Dawn Redwood) Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Fossils of this species were first discovered in 1941 in Japan. At that time the tree was thought to be long extinct, until some trees were found in central China a few years later. Widespread during the Oligocene era, this species is the sole living species of the genus Metasequoia, one of three genera in the subfamily Sequoioideae of the family Cupressaceae.
The Hoyt Arboretum here in Portland, Oregon received Metasequoia seeds from China that were planted in 1948. In the fall of 1952, the Hoyt Arboretum's Dawn Redwood became the first in the Western hemisphere to produce cones in about 6 - 8 million years.
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| Weight | 12.1 oz |
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