Angiosperm fossils in supposed Jurassic volcanogenic shales, Antarctica

• Published in: Nature
• Main Author: Jefferson, T.H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1980
• Subjects: Botany; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Adelaide Island; Bouvier; Cape Alexandra; Mount Bouvier; Sloman Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/524936/; https://doi.org/10.1038/285157a0

During palaeobotanical studies in the Antarctic Peninsula in February 1979, late Cretaceous or younger fossil angiosperm leaves were found within volcaniclastic rocks widely believed to be of late Jurassic age1. Although poorly preserved, these fossils are of great stratigraphical importance. They o...