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Mesocyparis

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Extinct genus of conifers

Mesocyparis
Temporal range: Cretaceous–Paleogene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Mesocyparis species
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Cupressales
Family: Cupressaceae
Genus: †Mesocyparis
McIver & Basinger, 1987
Species

†Mesocyparis borealis
†Mesocyparis rosanovii
†Mesocyparis umbonata

Mesocyparis is an extinct genus of uncertain placement within the family Cupressaceae.

References

  1. "†Mesocyparis McIver and Basinger 1987". Retrieved August 14, 2011.
  2. McIver, E. E., & Basinger, J. F. (1987). Mesocyparis borealis gen. et sp. nov.: fossil Cupressaceae from the early Tertiary of Saskatchewan, Canada. Can. 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.
Taxon identifiers
Mesocyparis


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