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Fossil
- Material
- MINERAL/ROCK-SEDIMENTARY;
- Description
- A-Light-beige shale with a rust orange curve half way through shale exposing a lighter color of beige inside. The Metasequoia or Dawn Redwood impressions is a dark brown color with distinct and clear needles on a stem with the end or bottom of imprint missing. Imprint measures 4cm in length by 1.5…
- Title
- Metasequoia fossil
- Other Names
- Dawn redwood
- Plant
- Category
- NATURAL HISTORY
- Sub-Category
- FOSSIL, FLORA
- Description
- A-Light-beige shale with a rust orange curve half way through shale exposing a lighter color of beige inside. The Metasequoia or Dawn Redwood impressions is a dark brown color with distinct and clear needles on a stem with the end or bottom of imprint missing. Imprint measures 4cm in length by 1.5cm wide. B-Mirror image of description for A as listed above.
- History Of Use
- Metasequoia is one of the more common fossils found at the Driftwood Creek fossil beds. Fossils A and B are two halves or a mirror image of themselves.
- Material
- MINERAL/ROCK-SEDIMENTARY;
- Width
- 11.5
- Length
- 14
- Depth
- 0.5
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Accession No.
- 1994.21.1 a-b
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
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