Metasequoia foxii
Extinct species of conifer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Metasequoia foxii is an extinct redwood species in the family Cupressaceae described from numerous fossils of varying growth stage. The species is solely known from the Paleocene sediments exposed in central Alberta, Canada. It is one of three extinct species belonging to the redwood genus Metasequoia.[1]
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Metasequoia foxii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Gymnospermae |
Division: | Pinophyta |
Class: | Pinopsida |
Order: | Cupressales |
Family: | Cupressaceae |
Genus: | Metasequoia |
Species: | †M. foxii |
Binomial name | |
†Metasequoia foxii Stockey, Rothwell, & Falder, 2001 | |
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