Petrified wood of Metasequoia from Miocene of Kamchatka (Korfa Bay)

Blokhina N.I.

Paleontological Journal 1995; 29(1a): 103-112

Metasequoia korfiensis sp. nov., identified by the anatomical features of the fossil wood is described. This fossil wood, from the lower strata of the Medvezhkinsky Suite of late Middle Miocene age, is compared with the wood of living Metasequoia glyptostroboides Hu et Cheng and with other woods of fossil Metasequoia.