Gymnospermae - Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Parent taxon: Sequoioideae according to M. R. Ahuja and D. B. Neale 2002
See also Christenhusz et al. 2011, Christophel 1976, Hickey 1977, Liu et al. 1996, McIver and Basinger 1993 and Ozaki 1974
Sister taxon: Sequoia
Subtaxa: Metasequoia disticha Metasequoia glyptostroboides Metasequoia occidentalis Metasequoia occidentalis
Type: Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Japan (1 collection)
• Miocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Montana)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Japan (3)
• Miocene of China (2), Japan (17), the Russian Federation (3), United States (2: Montana)
• Oligocene to Eocene of United States (1: Oregon)
• Oligocene of the Russian Federation (3), United States (9: Montana, Oregon, Washington)
• Eocene of Canada (3: British Columbia, Nunavut), China (5), Japan (13), United States (31: Idaho, North Dakota, Washington, Wyoming)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Canada (1: Nunavut)
• Paleocene of Canada (4: Alberta, Saskatchewan), China (1), Faroe Islands (1), United States (87: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming)
• Cretaceous of Canada (15: British Columbia), United States (19: North Dakota, South Dakota)
Total: 222 collections including 235 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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