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Pinus masonii
Pinus masonii Dorf Publ. Carnegie Inst. Washington, 412: 70. Oct 1930
- Name
- Pinus masonii
- Rank
- Species
- Original spelling
- masoni
- 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
- 70
- Year
- 1930
- Fossil Status
- cones
- Stratigraphy
- Pliocene
- Location
- Ventura, California, USA
- Paleoregion
- America (North)
Data for Syntypus
- Repository
- Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, USA
- Repository Number
- 306, 307 [cotypes]; 308 [plesiotype]
- Diagnosis
- Cones asymmetric with an uneven base; ovate in shape; 6 to 8 cm. long, 5 to 6 cm. wide; unopened; scales on the outer side 22 to 27 mm. long, 12 to 17 mm. wide at the apex, decreasing toward the base of the cone; umbos produced into rounded, asymmetrical knobs, decreasing in width, increasing in length and becoming more conical toward the base of the cone, and bearing evidence of having been terminated by prickles pointing obliquely upward; sci:i.les on the inner .side of cones small, poorly developed, quadrangular, and nearly flat; seeds not preserved.
