Pole--Paleocene plant macrofossils from Kakahu

Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand abstracts

Paleocene plant macrofossils from Kakahu, South Canterbury, New Zealand

Mike Pole*

A Paleocene plant macrofossil assemblage is described from the central South Island, New Zealand. This includes a fern, Lygodium sp., and five species of conifer, including a new genus and species of Podocarpaceae, Kakahuia campbellii, and a new species of Prumnopitys, P. opihiensis. Eighteen angiosperm taxa include five which are considered to be Proteaceae. One of these is Lomatia novae-zelandiae sp. nov., the first record of Lomatia in New Zealand, and the oldest currently known.

Keywords: Paleocene, Podocarpaceae, Proteaceae, paleobotany, cuticle, New Zealand

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Volume 27, Number 3, September 1997, pp 371-400

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