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Cunninghamites

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

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Cunninghamites
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
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-Woods1
Cunninghamites elegans (Corda) Endlicher, 1847
Cunninghamites lignitum (Sternberg) Kvacek2
Cunninghamites oxycedrus Presl
Cunninghamites ubaghsii Debey ex Ubaghs3
Cunninghamites recurvatus Hosius & Von Der Marck4
Cunninghamites squamosus Heer5

Cunninghamites is an extinct genus of conifers in the family Cupressaceae of the European Late Cretaceous flora.6

References

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