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Pinus pieperi
Pinus pieperi Dorf Publ. Carnegie Inst. Washington, 412: 69. Oct 1930
- Name
- Pinus pieperi
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Pinus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Dorf E.
- Publication
- Pliocene floras of California [1930/10]
- Journal
- Publications of the Carnegie Institution of Washington
- Volume
- 412
- Page number
- 69
- Year
- 1930
- Fossil Status
- cones
- Stratigraphy
- Pliocene
- Location
- Ventura, California, USA
- Paleoregion
- America (North)
Data for Cotypus
- Repository
- Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, USA
- Repository Number
- 304 [pl. 5: 7, 8, 9], 305 [pl. 5: 10]
- Diagnosis
- Cone apparently large, probably 15 to 25 cm. long, the portions preserved suggesting an ovoid or sub-globose shape; scales more or less united at the base, separated at the apex, up to 4 cm. long; 1 to 2.5 cm. wide, ending in obliquely raised pyramidal spur-like projections, 10 to 25 mm. long; these terminal projections broken off at various distances above their bases, presenting rhomboidal cross-sections with sharp acute angles laterally, rounded obtuse angles above and below, and terminating laterally in a sharp ridge on each side· of the spur; upper and lower sides of each prolongation marked by a central, longitudinal line. Seeds resting in deep hollows on the scales preserved in the terminal portion; 2 cm. long, oblong, flat and centrally grooved on the upper surface; seed-wings, of which a few remnants are preserved, short and encircling the seeds.
