Cunninghamites elegans explained

Cunninghamites elegans is an extinct conifer species in the family Cupressaceae and the genus Cunninghamites.

Cunninghamites is a genus of the European Late Cretaceous flora.^[1]

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

External links

• Cunninghamites elegans collections.si.edu
• The Upper Cretaceous and Eocene floras of South Carolina and Georgia, Numéros 84 à 85, Edward Wilber Berry, Govt. Print Office, 1914

Notes and References

1. 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,