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Extinct genus of conifers

Cunninghamites
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Cupressales
Family: Cupressaceae
Genus: †Cunninghamites
Presl in Sternberg, 1838
Type species
†Cunninghamites oxycedrus
Presl
Species

†Cunninghamites australis Tenison-Woods
†Cunninghamites elegans (Corda) Endlicher, 1847
†Cunninghamites lignitum (Sternberg) Kvacek
†Cunninghamites oxycedrus Presl
†Cunninghamites ubaghsii Debey ex Ubaghs
†Cunninghamites recurvatus Hosius & Von Der Marck
†Cunninghamites squamosus Heer

Cunninghamites is an extinct genus of conifers in the family Cupressaceae of the European Late Cretaceous flora.

References

  1. Cunninghamites australis on biostor.org
  2. Two Conifers (Taxodiaceae) of the Bohemian Cenomanian (Czech Republic, Central Europe). Jiri Kvacek, Acta Palaeobotanica 2(Suppl), pp. 129–151, 1999 Archived 2011-09-11 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Cunninghamites ubaghsii (Taxodiaceae?) from the Maastrichtian type area (Late Cretaceous, SE Netherlands) rediscovered. Van der Ham Raymond W. J. M., Van Konijnenburg-Van Cittert Johanna H. A. and Nieuwenhuis Eric A. P. M., Bulletin - Institut royal des sciences naturelles de Belgique. Sciences de la terre, 2004, vol. 74, pp. 89-96, INIST 15866815
  4. Cunninghamites recurvatus on collections.si.edu
  5. Neue untersuchungen an cunninghamites oxycedrus presl in Sternberg 1838. Dr. L. Kunzmann, Feddes Repertorium, December 2001, Volume 112, Issue 7-8, pp. 421–445, doi:10.1002/fedr.4921120704
  6. 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
Taxon identifiers
Cunninghamites


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