Name:
Metasequoia occidentalis
Age: Oligocene
Formation: Muddy Creek Formation
Location: Beaverhead County, Montana
Size: Plate is 3.0" X 3.3"
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Here is a very nice double specimen of Metasequoia occidentalis, the "Dawn Redwood", from the Oligocene of Montana. Metasequoia is a ''living fossil'' - they have been found in rocks as old as the Upper Cretaceous and they are still alive today! These sprigs have great color and superb contrast. The detail is excellent - the needles show opposite attachment on the foliage shoots. The fronds are well positioned on the natural plate of matrix. This is a fine double specimen of Metasequoia from Montana.
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