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Specimen Ridge Virtual Hike
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Many
of the fossil trees on Specimen Ridge are referred to as
Sequoias. They are fossil forms of Sequoia-like
wood, although some refer to them using the genus Sequoia.
Some refer to the fossil wood of these permineralized trees
as Sequoioxylon,
a genus erected by Torrey in 1923 (Andrews, 1970, p. 195).
Others refer to the Sequoia-like
fossil wood on Specimen
Ridge as Taxodioxylon, a genus erected by Hartig in
1848 (Andrews, 1970, p. 211). Both of these genera are used to
describe Sequoia-like wood in the
Taxodiaceae family. Taxiodioxylon has been used to cover
woods similar to: Sequoia, Metasequoia, Taxodium,
and Glyptostobus. |
Andrews, H. (1970). Index of Generic Names of Fossil Plants,
1820-1965. USGS Bulletin 1300. |
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