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Metasequoia occidentalis

Metasequoia occidentalis (J. S. Newberry) Chaney

Invalid synonym: Metasequoia japonica, Sequoia japonica

Some studies show this is same as the modern species, Metaseqoia glyptostroboides.

• Extinct species: Paleocene - Miocene (66.0 - 5.3 Ma)

• Classification
• kingdom Plantae, phylum Pinophyta, class Pinopsida, order Pinales, family Cupressaceae, genus Metasequoia

• Distribution
• Eocene: Hokkaido
• Miocene: Hokkaido, Akita, Miyagi, Niigata, Ishikawa, Saitama, Aichi, Gifu, Hiroshima, Tottori
• Miocene-Pliocene: Tottori
• Pliocene: Miyagi, Gifu
• Pliocene-Pleistocene: Nagano, Kagawa
• Pleistocene: Tokyo