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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Gymnospermae |
| Division: | Pinophyta |
| Class: | Pinopsida |
| Order: | Cupressales |
| Family: | Taxaceae |
| Genus: | †Diploporus Manchester |
| Species: | †D. torreyoides
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| Binomial name | |
| †Diploporus torreyoides Manchester
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Diploporus is an extinct genus of conifers in the yew family Taxaceae, containing the single species Diploporus torreyoides[1] known from the middle Eocene of north central Oregon[1] and the Late Paleocene of south central North Dakota.[2] The species was first described from a series of isolated fossil seeds in chert.[1]
- ^ a b c Manchester, S.R. (1994). "Fruits and Seeds of the Middle Eocene Nut Beds Flora, Clarno Formation, Oregon". Palaeontographica Americana. 58: 30–31.
- ^ Pigg, K.B.; DeVore, M.L. (2010). "Floristic composition and variation in late Paleocene to early Eocene floras in North America". Bulletin of Geosciences. 85 (1): 135–154. doi:10.3140/bull.geosci.1136.