Late Triassic plant fossils from the Prince Charles Mountains, East Antarctica

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Cantrill, David J., Drinnan, Andrew N., Webb, John A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1995
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; East Antarctica; Amery; Prince Charles Mountains; Flagstone Bench; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102095000095; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102095000095

Megafloral remains recovered from the Jetty Member and the upper part of the Flagstone Bench Formation, Amery Group include Dicroidium and Pagiophyllum . Dicroidium zuberi and D. crassinervis forma stelznerianum occur with Pteruchus dubius and support a Mid to Late Triassic age. A new species of conifer, Pagiophyllum papillatus , is recognized along with an undetermined conifer pollen cone.