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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, 1847
Synonyms

Cunninghamia elegans Corda, 1846


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.

Remains of C. elegans needles have been found in carcasses of the dinosaur Edmontosaurus.



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