Lagokarpos
{{Short description|Extinct genus of plants}}
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| image = Lagokarpos tibetensis PMC.jpg
| image_caption = Lagokarpos tibetensis, on display at the Paleozoological Museum of China.
| taxon = Lagokarpos
| authority = McMurran & Manchester
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
- {{extinct}}Lagokarpos lacustris McMurran & Manchester
- {{extinct}}Lagokarpos tibetensis H. Tang, T. Su & Z. K. Zhou
- {{extinct}}Lagokarpos sp. (undescribed fossil from Messel Pit, mentioned in description of L. tibetensis)
}}
Lagokarpos is an extinct plant genus from the Late Paleocene to early Middle Eocene of North America, Germany and China. Its relationship with modern taxa is unclear.{{Cite journal |last1=McMurran |first1=D.M.|last2=Manchester |first2=S.R. |year=2010 |title=Lagokarpos lacustris, a new winged fruit from the Paleogene of Western North America |url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/648994 |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=171 |issue=2 |pages=227–234 |doi=10.1086/648994 |s2cid=85399829 |issn=1058-5893}}{{Cite journal |last1=Tang |first1=H. |last2=Liu |first2=J. |last3=Wu |first3=F.-X. |last4=Spicer |first4=T. |last5=Spicer |first5=R.A. |last6=Deng |first6=W.-Y.-D. |last7=Xu |first7=C.-L. |last8=Zhao |first8=F. |last9=Huang |first9=J. |last10=Li |first10=S.-F. |last11=Su |first11=T. |last12=Zhou |first12=Z.-K. |year=2019 |title=Extinct genus Lagokarpos reveals a biogeographic connection between Tibet and other regions in the Northern Hemisphere during the Paleogene |journal=Journal of Systematics and Evolution |language=en |volume=57 |issue=6 |pages=670–677 |doi=10.1111/jse.12505 |s2cid=155660708 |issn=1674-4918|doi-access=free }}
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Category:Prehistoric angiosperm genera
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