Valdivian ecosystems in the Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary of Antarctica: further evidence from myrtaceous and eucryphiaceous fossil wood
Cool temperate rainforests growing on the flanks of the Andes and along the Coastal Range in Valdivia (Chile) today provide the closest analogue for the fossil floras of Antarctica during the Eocene. This paper records key Valdivian elements in a Maastrichtian to Eocene wood flora that extends the e...
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ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:12941 2023-05-15T13:45:11+02:00 Valdivian ecosystems in the Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary of Antarctica: further evidence from myrtaceous and eucryphiaceous fossil wood Poole, Imogen Mennega, Alberta M.W. Cantrill, David J. 2003 http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/12941/ http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0034666702002440 unknown Elsevier Poole, Imogen; Mennega, Alberta M.W.; Cantrill, David J. 2003 Valdivian ecosystems in the Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary of Antarctica: further evidence from myrtaceous and eucryphiaceous fossil wood. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 124. 9-27. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0034-6667(02)00244-0 <https://doi.org/10.1016/S0034-6667(02)00244-0> Botany Ecology and Environment Publication - Article PeerReviewed 2003 ftnerc https://doi.org/10.1016/S0034-6667(02)00244-0 2023-02-04T19:28:17Z Cool temperate rainforests growing on the flanks of the Andes and along the Coastal Range in Valdivia (Chile) today provide the closest analogue for the fossil floras of Antarctica during the Eocene. This paper records key Valdivian elements in a Maastrichtian to Eocene wood flora that extends the evidence for a Valdivian analogue back as far as possibly the Late Cretaceous. Here we record the first occurrences of myrtaceous and eucryphiaceous wood taxa from the Maastrichtian-Palaeocene sediments of the James Ross Basin. In addition, a previously unrecorded morphotype is described and assigned to the form genus Antarctoxylon which Poole and Cantrill erected for fossil angiosperm woods of Antarctica with uncertain taxonomic affinities. This increases the number and range of the described morphotypes from the Antarctic Peninsula and helps further our understanding of the southern high latitude angiosperm dominated floras. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive Antarctic Antarctic Peninsula The Antarctic Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 124 1-2 9 27 |
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Botany Ecology and Environment Poole, Imogen Mennega, Alberta M.W. Cantrill, David J. Valdivian ecosystems in the Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary of Antarctica: further evidence from myrtaceous and eucryphiaceous fossil wood |
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Cool temperate rainforests growing on the flanks of the Andes and along the Coastal Range in Valdivia (Chile) today provide the closest analogue for the fossil floras of Antarctica during the Eocene. This paper records key Valdivian elements in a Maastrichtian to Eocene wood flora that extends the evidence for a Valdivian analogue back as far as possibly the Late Cretaceous. Here we record the first occurrences of myrtaceous and eucryphiaceous wood taxa from the Maastrichtian-Palaeocene sediments of the James Ross Basin. In addition, a previously unrecorded morphotype is described and assigned to the form genus Antarctoxylon which Poole and Cantrill erected for fossil angiosperm woods of Antarctica with uncertain taxonomic affinities. This increases the number and range of the described morphotypes from the Antarctic Peninsula and helps further our understanding of the southern high latitude angiosperm dominated floras. |
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Valdivian ecosystems in the Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary of Antarctica: further evidence from myrtaceous and eucryphiaceous fossil wood |
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Valdivian ecosystems in the Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary of Antarctica: further evidence from myrtaceous and eucryphiaceous fossil wood |
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Valdivian ecosystems in the Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary of Antarctica: further evidence from myrtaceous and eucryphiaceous fossil wood |
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Valdivian ecosystems in the Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary of Antarctica: further evidence from myrtaceous and eucryphiaceous fossil wood |
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Valdivian ecosystems in the Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary of Antarctica: further evidence from myrtaceous and eucryphiaceous fossil wood |
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valdivian ecosystems in the late cretaceous and early tertiary of antarctica: further evidence from myrtaceous and eucryphiaceous fossil wood |
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Poole, Imogen; Mennega, Alberta M.W.; Cantrill, David J. 2003 Valdivian ecosystems in the Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary of Antarctica: further evidence from myrtaceous and eucryphiaceous fossil wood. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 124. 9-27. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0034-6667(02)00244-0 <https://doi.org/10.1016/S0034-6667(02)00244-0> |
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