Proteaceae leaf fossils from the Oligo-Miocene of New Zealand: New species and evidence of biome and trait conservatism

Australian Systematic Botany

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 375-389

  Carpenter, Raymond J ^a   Bannister, Jennifer M ^b   Lee, Daphne E ^b   Jordan, Gregory J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOME; DICOTYLEDON; DOMINANCE; FOSSIL RECORD; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; LIGNITE; MIOCENE; NEW SPECIES; OLIGOCENE; PALEOBOTANY; RAINFOREST; TAXONOMY;

NEW ZEALAND; NEWVALE MINE; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHLAND;

ALLOXYLON; BANKSIA; BEAUPREA; CONIFEROPHYTA; EUPROTEACIPHYLLUM; LAURACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PROTEACEAE;

EID: 84871603503     PISSN: 10301887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SB12018     Document Type: Article

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