PALEOCENE PLANT MACROFOSSILS FROM KAKAHU, SOUTH CANTERBURY, NEW-ZEALAND

Authors
POLE M
Citation
M. Pole, PALEOCENE PLANT MACROFOSSILS FROM KAKAHU, SOUTH CANTERBURY, NEW-ZEALAND, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 27(3), 1997, pp. 371-400
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand → ACNP
ISSN journal
03036758
Volume
27
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
371 - 400
Database
ISI
SICI code
0303-6758(1997)27:3<371:PPMFKS>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
A Paleocene plant macrofossil assemblage is described from the central South Island, New Zealand. This includes a fern, Lygodium sp., and fi ve species of conifer, including a new genus and species of Podocarpac eae, Kakahuia campbellii, and a new species of Prumnopitys, P. opihien sis. Eighteen angiosperm taxa include five which are considered to be Proteaceae. One of these is Lomatia novae-zelandiae sp. nov., the firs t record of Lomatia in New Zealand, and the oldest currently known.