Permian Glossopteris and Elatocladus megafossil floras from the English Coast, eastern Ellsworth Land, Antarctica

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Author: Gee, Carole T.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1989
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Palmer Land; Ellsworth Land; Glossopteris; Latady; Erehwon Nunatak; Henkle Peak; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102089000076; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102089000076

Plant megafossils collected from the previously unexplored English Coast of eastern Ellsworth Land have yielded the first Glossopteris leaves from the Antarctic Peninsula tectonic province. Collecting at Erehwon Nunatak recovered numerous spatulate leaves of consistent morphology, most likely pertai...