Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand abstracts
A woody shrub from the Miocene Nevis Oil Shale, Otago, New Zealand - a
possible fossil divaricate?
J. D. Campbell*, D. E Lee*, W. G. Lee**
*Department of Geology, University of Otago, Box 56, Dunedin, New
Zealand.
**Landcare Research, Private Bag 1930, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Fragments of a shrub preserved in the Miocene Nevis Oil Shale in Nevis Valley,
Central Otago are described. Leaf size and arrangement, and stem architecture
appear similar to divaricate growth forms in the modern New Zealand flora.
Keywords Nevis Oil Shale; Manuherikia Group; Nevis Valley,
fossil plant, Miocene, divaricate
(c) Journal of The Royal Society of New Zealand,
Volume 30, Number 2, June 2000, pp 147-153
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