Comparison of mid-Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Turonian) high-latitude palynofloras from Patagonia and New Zealand: Richness, ecology, and provincialization

• Published in: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
• Main Authors: Santamarina, Patricio Emmanuel, Barreda, Viviana Dora, Iglesias, Ari, Varela, Augusto Nicolás, Mays, C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Science
• Subjects: CENOMANIAN–TURONIAN; NEW ZEALAND; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOFLORISTICS; PALEOPALYNOLOGY; PATAGONIA; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Patagonia; New Zealand; Bathurst Island; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/201840

The Cenomanian–Turonian is considered the warmest interval of the last 150 million years. It was characterized by major disturbances to the global carbon cycle, resulting in elevated pCO2 levels and global temperatures, and witnessed the rise to dominance of angiosperms floras. In this paper, we ass...