Cunninghamites elegans
| Cunninghamites elegans | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Gymnospermae |
| Division: | Pinophyta |
| Class: | Pinopsida |
| Order: | Cupressales |
| Family: | Cupressaceae |
| Genus: | †Cunninghamites |
| Species: | †C. elegans
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| Binomial name | |
| †Cunninghamites elegans | |
| Synonyms | |
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Cunninghamia elegans Corda, 1846 | |
Cunninghamites elegans is an extinct conifer species in the family Cupressaceae and the genus Cunninghamites.
Cunninghamites is a genus of the European Late Cretaceous flora.[2]
Remains of C. elegans needles have been found in the carcasses of the dinosaur Edmontosaurus.
References
[edit]- ^ Synopsis coniferarum. S Endlicher - 1847
- ^ Taxodiaceous conifers from the Maastrichtian type area (Late Cretaceous, NE Belgium, SE Netherlands). R. W. J. M. van der Ham, J. H. A. van Konijnenburg-van Cittert and J. van der Burgh, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, Volume 116, Issues 3-4, Sept 2001, pp. 233-250, doi:10.1016/S0034-6667(01)00092-6
External links
[edit]- Cunninghamites elegans collections.si.edu
- The Upper Cretaceous and Eocene floras of South Carolina and Georgia, Numéros 84 à 85, Edward Wilber Berry, Govt. Print Office, 1914
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