Cunninghamites elegans
| Cunninghamites elegans | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Pinophyta |
| Class: | Pinopsida |
| Order: | Pinales |
| Family: | Cupressaceae |
| Genus: | †Cunninghamites |
| Species: | †C. elegans |
| Binomial name | |
| †Cunninghamites elegans (Corda) Endlicher,[1] 1847[2] | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Cunninghamia elegans Corda, 1846 | |
Cunninghamites elegans is an extinct conifer species in the family Cupressaceae.
Cunninghamites is a genus of the European Late Cretaceous flora.[3]
Remains of C. elegans needles have been found in carcasses of the dinosaur Edmontosaurus.
References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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
| External identifiers for Cunninghamites elegans | |
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| Also found in: data.gbif.org |
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