The morphology and relationships of Thuja polaris sp.nov. (Cupressaceae) from the early Tertiary, Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Botany
• Main Authors: McIver, E. E., Basinger, J. F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1989
• Subjects: Plant Science; Arctic; Ellesmere Island; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Canada; Eureka; Eureka Sound; Arctic Archipelago
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/b89-242; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/b89-242

Fossil foliage and seed cones of Thuja (Cupressaceae) have been discovered in early Tertiary (Paleocene) sediments of the Eureka Sound Group on Ellesmere Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Vegetative remains of the fossil species, Thuja polaris sp.nov., bear alternately branched, moderately divide...