Name/Title
Fossil Redwood Needles (cf. Metasequoia)Entry/Object ID
96.01.078Description
Preserved leaves ("needles") of a member of family Sequoioideae, the redwoods. Most likely the genus Metasequoia, given that genus is the most abundant fossil conifer taxon found in the region of the collection locality.
Collected from "John Day Beds, Fossil, OR." Hopefully this means it came from the Wheeler High School locality, and not from John Day Fossil Beds National Monument (which would be illegal if taken after 1975).
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Cupressaceae
Subfamily: Sequoioideae
Genus: cf. MetasequoiaCollection
Fossil CollectionAcquisition
Accession
96.01Source or Donor
Crater Rock MuseumAcquisition Method
GiftNotes
"Don St. Martin" is written after the accession number.