- Cunninghamites elegans
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Cunninghamites elegans Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Pinophyta Class: Pinopsida Order: Pinales Family: Taxodiaceae 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 Taxodiaceae.
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 Also found in: data.gbif.org Categories:- Cupressaceae
- Plants described in 1847
- Conifer stubs
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