Fossil Plant Metasequoia frond Dawn Redwood Oligocene Montana COA 3854

Description

A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany this specimen.
Here is a nice fossil of a frond of needles from a Metasequoia occidentalis, from the Muddy Creek Formation, Beaver Head County, Montana.  It is from the Oligocene, between 23 and 33 million years ago.  Nicknamed "Dawn Redwood".
Metasequoia were considered to be extinct, until a stand of living trees was found in China in 1941.  They are unlike evergreens, in that their needles change color and fall off in the Fall like broadleaf trees.
The plate is about 2.6" by 2" (varies), and it weighs 1.75 oz.  The back side of the plate looks to have what may be a fossil seed.
We are happy to enclose a COA (Certificate of Authenticity).
Some words of caution about COA’s: Do not let them become a substitute for learning about the specimens. We have been working with fossils and minerals for many years, and we have seen hundreds of very nice-looking COA’s, some that are wrong, mis-describing a specimen. In addition, the person selling the item is often the one who writes the COA (potential conflict of interest). Finally, a COA without a photo of the exact item described, as part of that COA, is worthless, as it can later be placed next to any other fossil or mineral.
We suggest that instead of relying on a COA, that people read and study the subject.
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