Mesocyparis

{{Short description|Extinct genus of conifers}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{Geological range/linked|Cretaceous|Paleogene}}{{cite web|title=†Mesocyparis McIver and Basinger 1987|url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=55889|access-date=August 14, 2011}}

| image = Mesocyparis species 01.jpg

| image_caption = Mesocyparis species

| taxon = Mesocyparis

| authority = McIver & Basinger, 1987

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = †Mesocyparis borealis

†Mesocyparis rosanovii

†Mesocyparis umbonata

}}

Mesocyparis is an extinct genus of uncertain placement within the family Cupressaceae.McIver, E. E., & Basinger, J. F. (1987). Mesocyparis borealis gen. et sp. nov.: fossil Cupressaceae from the early Tertiary of Saskatchewan, Canada. Can. J. Bot. 65 (11): 2338-2351. Kodrul, T. M., Tekleva, M. V., & Krassilov, V. A. (2006). A New Conifer Species, Mesocyparis rosanovii sp. nov. (Cupressaceae, Coniferales), and Transberingian Floristic Connections. Paleontological Journal 40 (3): 328–338.