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Metasequoia occidentalis

Coniferales - Cupressaceae

Taxonomy
Metasequoia occidentalis was named by Chaney (1951). It is not extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Metasequoia occidentalis Chaney p. 25

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
phylumPinophyta
orderConiferales
RankNameAuthor
familyCupressaceae
subfamilySequoioideae
genusMetasequoiaMiki 1941
speciesoccidentalisChaney 1951

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Metasequoia occidentalis Chaney 1951
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Lancian to the top of the Messinian or 72.20000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (163 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Metasequoia occidentalis (25011 25059 48220 48233 48246 48248 48252 48268 48282)
Puercan66.0 - 63.8USA (North Dakota) Metasequoia occidentalis (25005 25499)
Puercan66.0 - 63.8USA (Wyoming) Metasequoia occidentalis (11334 11335 11359 11368 11401)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.66Canada (Alberta) Metasequoia occidentalis (22833)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.66USA (Montana) Metasequoia occidentalis (53605 53946)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Montana) Metasequoia occidentalis (40098 40741 40935 43313 53535 53601 53838 53845 53942 53948 55858)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Metasequoia occidentalis (34417)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (North Dakota) Metasequoia occidentalis (40390 58032 58084 58086)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) Metasequoia occidentalis (40775 40940 57955 57956 57973 57993)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Colorado) Metasequoia occidentalis (53004)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Canada (Alberta) Metasequoia occidentalis (34887 46089)
Paleocene - Eocene66.0 - 33.9Canada (Nunavut) Metasequoia occidentalis (102072)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Wyoming) Metasequoia occidentalis (11351 11367)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (North Dakota) Metasequoia occidentalis (24957 24962 24965)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2USA (Wyoming) Metasequoia occidentalis (11333 11341 11361 28632 28633 28634 28635 28636 28637 28638 28639 28640 28641 28643 28644)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (North Dakota) Metasequoia occidentalis (10803 10810 10811 10967 10968 10969 10970 10975 10977 10981 10983 10984)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Metasequoia occidentalis (11348 11352 11355 11356 11372 11373 11374 11376 11377 11379 11380 11384 11386 11420 11458 28655 28660 28662 28663 28664 28669 28671 28672 28683)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07USA (Idaho) Metasequoia occidentalis (35334 35335 35336 35337 35338 35347 35348)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07USA (Wyoming) Metasequoia occidentalis (28696 28698)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Japan (Yamaguchi) Metasequoia occidentalis (24463 24466 24467 24469 24471 24476 24477 24481 24484 24487 24488 24490)
Graybullian54.9 - 50.5USA (Wyoming) Metasequoia occidentalis (11349 11357 11387 11395 11396 11398 11400 11406 11456 11475 11477 11486 11490 11502 11503 11504 11505)
Wasatchian54.9 - 50.5USA (North Dakota) Metasequoia occidentalis (10965 10966 10979)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Late/Upper Eocene27.3 - 33.9USA (Oregon) Metasequoia occidentalis (35921)
Miocene - Oligocene23.04 - 23.04USA (Montana) Metasequoia occidentalis (23975)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (Montana) Metasequoia occidentalis (22933 23973)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Japan (Nagano) Metasequoia occidentalis (22796)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Japan (Gunma) Metasequoia occidentalis (22786)
Langhian - Messinian15.98 - 5.333Japan (Hirakata) Metasequoia occidentalis (22739 22740 22742 22744 22750 22751 22752 22754)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Japan (Gunma) Metasequoia occidentalis (21229 21234 21238 21239 21250 21265 21270)