Tracking the Mesozoic distribution of Gunnera: comparison with the fossil pollen species Tricolpites reticulatus Cookson

• Published in: Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
• Main Authors: Wanntorp, L., Dettmann, M. E., Jarzen, D. M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier BV 2004
• Subjects: Plant Sciences; Paleontology; Gunnera; Tricolpites Reticulatus; Tricolpites Microreticulatus; Pollen; Kerguelen Island; Australia; Antarctica; Biogeography; Nothofagus; Region; 270401 Plant Systematics; Taxonomy and Phylogeny; C1; 780105 Biological sciences; 0607 Plant Biology; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Kerguelen; Vega Island; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:69936

The morphology of the exine of Late Cretaceous and Tertiary specimens of Tricolpites reticulatus previously documented from Kerguelen, the Antarctic Peninsula, and the Otway Basin of southeastern Australia has been re-examined and compared with the three pollen types identified in the genus Gunnera....