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Taxodium occidentale
Taxonomy
Taxodium occidentale was named by Newberry (1863). It is a compression fossil.
It was recombined as Metasequoia occidentalis by Chaney (1951), Rasmussen and Koch (1963) and Ozaki (1974).
It was recombined as Metasequoia occidentalis by Chaney (1951), Rasmussen and Koch (1963) and Ozaki (1974).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1863 | Taxodium occidentale Newberry figs. Pl. 1,, fig. 3 |
| 1919 | Taxodium occidentale Knowlton |
| 1951 | Metasequoia occidentalis Chaney figs. Pl. 1,, fig. 3 |
| 1963 | Metasequoia occidentalis Rasmussen and Koch p. 86 figs. Pls 1, 2 |
| 1974 | Metasequoia occidentalis Ozaki |
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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.
†Taxodium occidentale Newberry 1863
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available