NOTHOFAGUS FROM THE DUNEDIN VOLCANIC GROUP (MID LATE MIOCENE), NEW-ZEALAND

Authors
POLE M
Citation
M. Pole, NOTHOFAGUS FROM THE DUNEDIN VOLCANIC GROUP (MID LATE MIOCENE), NEW-ZEALAND, Alcheringa, 17(1-2), 1993, pp. 77-90
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Paleontology
Journal title
Alcheringa → ACNP
ISSN journal
03115518
Volume
17
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
77 - 90
Database
ISI
SICI code
0311-5518(1993)17:1-2<77:NFTDVG>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Two species of Nothofagus macrofossils, Nothofagus novaezealandiae and N. pinnata, are redescribed from sediments of late Middle Miocene to early Late Miocene age of the Dunedin Volcanic Province, New Zealand. Examination of leaf architecture and cuticular morphology places N. no vaezealandiae in the subgenus Lophozonia (producing menziesii-type pol len), and indicates it was evergreen. N. pinnata was probably also in the subgenus Lophozonia.