Torreya clarnensis

Torreya clarnensis is an extinct species of conifer in the yew family Taxaceae solely known from the middle Eocene sediments exposed in north central Oregon.

The fossils were part of approximately 20,000 specimens collected from 1942 to 1989 by Thomas Bones, A. W. Hancock, R. A. Scott, Steven R. Manchester, and a number of high school students.

The overall cross section shape is obovate, with an acutely rounded base where an aril would have attached, a keeled apex, and a pair of vascular scars near the tip.

The seeds have a pair of vascular pores positioned on the upper and lower surfaces approximately one third of the way below the apex.

The apical area of the seed is defined by a keel created by the edges of the upper and lower faces.