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LARGE DINOSAUR-ERA CRETACEOUS THREE DIMENSIONAL METASEQUOIA TREE PINECONE FROM HELL CREEK Hell Creek Formation - South Dakota, U.S.A. LATE CRETACEOUS PERIOD: 70 - 65 million years ago This is a top, hand-select grade three dimensional pinecone from one of the most famous periods and places of DINOSAUR prehistory - the Cretaceous Age of the Hell Creek Formation. This pinecone is from the Metasequoia tree. The METASEQUOIA was the predominant tree that made up the Cretaceous forests where dinosaurs such as Tyrannosaurus rex, Triceratops and various raptors lurked. Unlike most of these we have seen sold, this one has no damage or weathering. Perfect to display with petrified wood from the same tree and formation as well as alongside dinosaur (or other life-forms) fossils such as teeth and claws from Hell Creek which would greatly enhance the educational value of the collection by demonstrating typical flora of the period and location. NO REPAIR OR RESTORATION. The Metasequoia tree that once grew in what is now the Hell Creek Formation during the Cretaceous Period over 65 million years ago has been closely compared to a living species found in China called Metasequoia glyptostroboides, also known as the Dawn Redwood. This tree is a true living fossil and was just discovered in a remote valley in Central China in the 1940's. Back during Cretaceous, the region where the Hell Creek Formation now is, was once a region of meandering rivers, swamps and forested floodplains. The temperature was subtropical to temperate much like present-day Florida with a landscape similar to Florida in appearance from the grasslands to the swamps. Metasequoia trees dominated the landscape with trunks up to 12 feet in diameter and over 100 feet tall. These trees produced small pinecones like the present-day Metasequoia glyptostroboides. FINE QUALITY AND LARGER SIZE THAN USUALLY OFFERED - NO BREAKAGE! 1.1" in length SOLD PL-018 DISPLAY BOX INCLUDED Actual Item - One Only |
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THE HELL CREEK FORMATION OF NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.
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