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FS303 Dawn Redwood Metasequoia Needles

4.5 cm. Long x 1.5 cm. Wide x 0.1 cm. High

Classification: Metaphyta, Pinophyta, Pinopsida, Pinales, Cupressaceae, Metasequoia, occidentalis

Description: Paired imprints of Metasequoia needles.

Age: Oligocene Epoch

Location Found: United States, Oregon, Fossil Beds at Wheeler High School, Fossil, OR

Found by: Ed DeRouin

Custodian: fossilweb

Identified by: Dr. Steven Manchester, FLMNH

References: Oregon Geology, Volume 49, No. 10, October 1987, p. 117.