Sequoites

Sequoites Temporal range: Aptian–Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Two Sequoites dakotensis cones
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Gymnospermae
Division:	Pinophyta
Class:	Pinopsida
Order:	Cupressales
Family:	Cupressaceae
Genus:	† Sequoites Brongn. [1]
Species
†S. artus †S. concinnus †S. couttsiae † S. dakotensis †S. gardneri †S. holstii †S. langsdorfii †S. polyanthes †S. taxiformis †S. woodwardii

Sequoites is an extinct genus of plant that existed from the Cretaceous until the Miocene across North America (Canada, Greenland and the United States) and Europe (Austria, Czechia, France, England, Germany and Sweden). ^[2] Originally described as a coniferous tree in the genus Sequoia , ^[3] it was later identified as a separate genus classified within Cupressaceae. ^[4]

Ten species have been identified since the genus was named in 1849 by Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart. ^{[1] [2]}

References

1. Brongniart, A.T. (1849). Tableau des genres de végétaux fossiles considérés sous le point de vue de leur classification botanique et de leur distribution géologique. Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle. 13. 1-127.
2. Andrews, H. N. (1970). Index of Generic Names of Fossil Plants, 1820-1965. Geological Survey Bulletin
3. Brown, Roland W. (October 15, 1935). "Some fossil conifers from Maryland and North Dakota". Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 25 (10): 441–450. JSTOR   24530142.
4. Chaney, R.W. (1951). "A revision of fossil Sequoia and Taxodium in western North America based on the recent discovery of Metasequoia". Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. 40 (3): 231.