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Mesocyparis
Temporal range: Cretaceous to PaleogeneMesocyparis species Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Pinophyta Class: Pinopsida Order: Pinales Family: Cupressaceae Genus: Mesocyparis
McIver & Basinger, 1987Species †Mesocyparis borealis
†Mesocyparis rosanovii
†Mesocyparis umbonataMesocyparis is an extinct genus of uncertain placement within the family Cupressaceae.[2]
References
- ^ "†Mesocyparis McIver and Basinger 1987". http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=basicTaxonInfo&taxon_no=55889. Retrieved August 14, 2011.
- ^ McIver, E. E., & Basinger, J. F. (1987). Mesocyparis borealis gen. et sp. nov.: fossil Cupressaceae from the early Tertiary of Saskatchewan, Canada. Canad. J. Bot. 65 (11): 2338-2351. Kodrul, T. M., Tekleva, M. V., & Krassilov, V. A. (2006). A New Conifer Species, Mesocyparis rosanovii sp. nov. (Cupressaceae, Coniferales), and Transberingian Floristic Connections. Paleontological Journal 40 (3): 328–338.
Categories:- IUCN Red List extinct species
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