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

  1. Cunninghamites elegans collections.si.edu
  2. The Upper Cretaceous and Eocene floras of South Carolina and Georgia, Numéros 84 à 85, Edward Wilber Berry, Govt. Print Office, 1914
  3. 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