Cunninghamites

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

Cunninghamites
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Pinophyta
Class:	Pinopsida
Order:	Pinales
Family:	Cupressaceae
Genus:	†Cunninghamites Presl in Sternberg, 1838
Type species
†Cunninghamites oxycedrus Presl
Species
†Cunninghamites australis nobis[1] †Cunninghamites elegans (Corda) Endlicher, 1847 †Cunninghamites lignitum (Sternberg) Kvacek[2] †Cunninghamites oxycedrus Presl †Cunninghamites ubaghsii Debey ex Ubaghs[3] †Cunninghamites recurvatus Hosius & Von Der Marck[4] †Cunninghamites squamosus Heer[5]

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

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