Metasequoia heeri
| Metasequoia heeri Temporal range: Oligocene | |
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| Reconstruction of Metasequoia heeri from the Oligocene (32 ma) of Oregon. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Pinophyta |
| Class: | Pinopsida |
| Order: | Pinales |
| Family: | Cupressaceae |
| Subfamily: | Sequoioideae |
| Genus: | Metasequoia |
| Species: | M. heeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Metasequoia heeri | |
Metasequoia heeri is an extinct species of dawn redwood with short leaflets from the early Oligocene (32 Ma) Bridge Creek flora of the Big Basin Member of the John Day Formation of central Oregon[1]
References
- ↑ Retallack G.J. (1996). "Reconstructions of Eocene and Oligocene plants and animals of central Oregon". Oregon Geology. 58(3): 51–59.
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