1.6" Rare Fossil Pistillate Cone Metasequoia Dawn Redwood Oligocene Age MT COA
Location: Muddy Creek Formation, Beaverhead County, Montana
Weight: 3.3 Ounces
Dimensions: 3.1 Inches Long, 3 Inches Wide, 0.6 Inches Thick (Plate)
Cone And Stem Dimensions: 1.6 Inches Long, 0.6 Inches Wide
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The Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia) is an ancient conifer that dates back to the Mesozoic Era, when dinosaurs dominated the Earth. Closely related to modern redwood trees, this remarkable genus was long known only through fossil specimens found across the Northern Hemisphere.
In 1944, living Dawn Redwoods were unexpectedly discovered in central China, transforming Metasequoia into one of the most famous examples of a living fossil. Unlike most conifers, Metasequoia is deciduous, shedding its soft, needle-like leaves each year—an evolutionary trait preserved for millions of years.
Today, the Dawn Redwood is widely cultivated as an ornamental and landscape tree, valued for its rapid growth, straight trunk, and tall pyramidal shape, often reaching 120 feet in height. Fossil Metasequoia remains provide crucial insight into prehistoric forests and ancient climates, linking modern trees directly to their deep fossil past.
