| Metasequoia occidentalis Temporal range:
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| Metasequoia occidentalis foliage; early Paleocene, Alberta, Canada | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Gymnospermae |
| Division: | Pinophyta |
| Class: | Pinopsida |
| Order: | Cupressales |
| Family: | Cupressaceae |
| Genus: | Metasequoia |
| Species: | †M. occidentalis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Metasequoia occidentalis | |
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Metasequoia occidentalis is an extinct redwood species of the family Cupressaceae that is found as fossils throughout the Northern Hemisphere. It is one of three extinct species of Metasequoia that are currently recognized as valid.[2][3]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Chaney1951was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Stockey, R.A., Rothwell, G.W. and Falder, A.B. 2001. Diversity among taxodioid conifers: Metasequoia foxii sp. nov. from the Paleocene of central Alberta, Canada. International Journal of Plant Sciences, v. 162, p. 221-234.
- ^ Liu, Y-J, Li, C-S, and Wang, Y-F, 1999. Studies on fossil Metasequoia from north-east China and their taxonomic implications. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 130, p. 267-297.