Germinating seeds and seedlings of a Metasequoia -like taxodiaceous conifer from the Paleocene of Alberta. Layers containing seedlings are 5 cm thick and overly layers rich in taxodiaceous foliage and seeds.
Cotyledons have parallel margins and rounded tips.
Many seedlings display a root and an aerial shoot with opposite, decussate leaves. Basal foliar leaves are consistently smaller and thinner than cotyledons, and terminate in small, mucronate tips. The largest leaves occur on the longest branches, and are interpreted to represent the oldest seedlings. Some specimens show a chalazal notch that probably represents the point of attachment. The micropylar canal is typically inconspicuous, except in specimens from which a radicle protrudes.