| Mesocyparis Temporal range: [1] | |
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| Mesocyparis species | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Gymnospermae |
| Division: | Pinophyta |
| Class: | Pinopsida |
| Order: | Cupressales |
| Family: | Cupressaceae |
| Genus: | † Mesocyparis McIver & Basinger, 1987 |
| Species | |
†Mesocyparis borealis | |
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