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High conifer diversity in Oligo-Miocene New Zealand
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Jordan, GJ and Carpenter, RJ and Bannister, JM and Lee, DE and Mildenhall, DC and Hill, RS, High conifer diversity in Oligo-Miocene New Zealand, Australian Systematic Botany, 24, (2) pp. 121-136. ISSN 1030-1887 (2011) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1071/SB11004
Abstract
Eight species of Podocarpaceae foliage are recognised from the late Oligocene or early Miocene Newvale site,
South Island, New Zealand, and the following five new species are described: two of Dacrydium Lamb. and one each of
Dacrycarpus (Endl.) de Laub., Phyllocladus Rich. ex Mirb. and Halocarpus Quinn. The latter is the first macrofossil record
of this New Zealand endemic genus. All these conifers, plus Agathis Salisb., Microcachrys Hook.f. and Podocarpus Pers.,
co-occurred in the local vegetation at Newvale. In conjunction with prior records of macrofossils and pollen, these fossils
indicate that the late Paleogene to early Neogene conifer flora of New Zealand was very diverse, with all but one of the extant
genera present, together with several regionally or globally extinct genera, and multiple species of many of these genera. This
fossil diversity is similar to the Paleogene fossil conifer diversity observed in south-eastern Australia (and particularly
Tasmania) and in parts of North America.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Biological Sciences |
Research Group: | Plant biology |
Research Field: | Plant biology not elsewhere classified |
Objective Division: | Environmental Management |
Objective Group: | Terrestrial systems and management |
Objective Field: | Terrestrial biodiversity |
UTAS Author: | Jordan, GJ (Professor Greg Jordan) |
UTAS Author: | Carpenter, RJ (Dr Raymond Carpenter) |
ID Code: | 72281 |
Year Published: | 2011 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 31 |
Deposited By: | Plant Science |
Deposited On: | 2011-08-24 |
Last Modified: | 2017-11-01 |
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