Metasequoia foxii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pinales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pinophyta Classis: Pinopsida Ordo: Pinales

Familia: Cupressaceae
Subfamilia: Sequoioideae
Genus: Metasequoia
Species: †Metasequoia foxii

Name

Metasequoia foxii Stockey, Rothwell, & Falder, 2001

• Type locality: Late Tiffanian (Ti4), Paleocene; Paskapoo Formation; Munce's Hill, road cut northeast of Canyon Ski Mine Quarry; and Gao Mine, road cut on Highway 593, east of Red Deer, central Alberta, Canada.

• Holotype: University of Alberta Paleobotanical Collection, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada UAPC-ALTA S28,476

References

• Stockey, R.A., Rothwell, G.W. & Falder, A.B. 2001. Diversity among Taxodioid Conifers: Metasequoia foxii sp. nov. from the Paleocene of Central Alberta, Canada. International Journal of Plant Sciences 162(1): 221–234. DOI: 10.1086/317914 JSTOR Reference page.