TRIASSIC PLANT FOSSILS FROM POLLOCK ROAD, SOUTHLAND, NEW-ZEALAND

Sedimentary rocks of the Murihiku Supergroup considered to be latest T riassic (Rhaetian), crop out about 10 m below the Glenham Porphyry, ne ar Glenham, New Zealand. They contain the vegetative macrofossils Marc hantites sp. (Hepaticae), Pachydermophyllum praecordillerae (Frenguell i) Retallack and Pachydermophyllum benmorensis Anderson & Anderson (Pe ltaspermaoeae), cf. Dicroidium dubium var. dubium Anderson & Anderson (Corystospermaceae), Desmiophyllum sp. cf. D. indicum Sahni (possible conifer), and Gingkophytopsis sp. (possible progyosperm). Reproductive material includes ovulate structures (Peltaspermum cournanei sp. nov. ), pollen-bearing structures (Antevsia sp.) and probably seeds of the Peltaspermaceae, ? Umkomasia (Corystospermaceae), and a possible progy mnosperm microsporophyll. The palynoflora is dominated by bisaccate gy mnospermous pollen, mainly Alisporites spp., consistent with the prese nce of corystosperm macrofossils. Moderately common pollen of Cycadopi tes spp. may be of peltasperm origin.