Seed cones of two new genera of extinct conifers belonging to the Cupressaceae family from the Upper Cretaceous of Japan (IMAGE)

Perot Museum of Nature and Science

Seed cones of two new genera of extinct conifers belonging to the Cupressaceae family from the Upper Cretaceous of Japan

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Longitudinal sections (top) and cross sections (bottom) of the fossil seed cones from two newly described genera of Cretaceous conifers: (A) Nishidastrobus japonicum gen. et sp. nov.; (B) Ohanastrobus hokkaidoensis gen. et sp. nov. (published in Atkinson et al. 2021, available at https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10.1139/cjb-2021-0005).

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Brian A. Atkinson, Ph.D.

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