DECIDUOUS NOTHOFAGUS LEAVES FROM THE MIOCENE OF CORNISH HEAD, NEW-ZEALAND

Authors
POLE M
Citation
M. Pole, DECIDUOUS NOTHOFAGUS LEAVES FROM THE MIOCENE OF CORNISH HEAD, NEW-ZEALAND, Alcheringa, 18(1-2), 1994, pp. 79-83
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Paleontology
Journal title
Alcheringa → ACNP
ISSN journal
03115518
Volume
18
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
79 - 83
Database
ISI
SICI code
0311-5518(1994)18:1-2<79:DNLFTM>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Nothofagus leaves with plicate vernation, indicating a deciduous habit , are recorded from the Late Miocene of New Zealand. This is the first unequivocal record in New Zealand of deciduous Nothofagus, deciduous species now being restricted to Tasmania and South America.