1.6" Rare Fossil Pistillate Cone Metasequoia Dawn Redwood Oligocene Age MT COA
Location: Muddy Creek Formation, Beaverhead County, Montana
Weight: 5.8 Ounces
Dimensions: 3.3 Inches Long, 2.8 Inches Wide, 0.8 Inches Thick (Plate)
Cone And Stem Dimensions: 1.6 Inches Long, 0.6 Inches Wide
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The Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia) is a rare living fossil tree, first known only from fossil specimens dating to the Mesozoic Era. Fossils indicate that Metasequoia thrived alongside dinosaurs, forming dense forests in Asia, Europe, and North America.
For millions of years, it was considered extinct until 1944, when living trees were discovered in central China, revealing the survival of this ancient conifer. Fossil and modern Metasequoia are deciduous conifers, shedding needles annually—a unique trait among ancient trees.
Today, Dawn Redwoods are cultivated as ornamental trees, growing rapidly into tall, straight trunks with pyramidal crowns, reaching 120 feet. Fossil specimens provide a tangible link to prehistoric forests, plant evolution, and ancient climates, making them prized by fossil collectors, educators, and museums. Metasequoia fossils are a direct connection to one of the most remarkable botanical survivals in history.
