New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics abstracts
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Discovery of a Cretaceous angiosperm reproductive structure from New
Zealand
Elizabeth M. Kennedy
Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences
P.O. Box 30 368
email: e.kennedy@gns.cri.nz
John D. Lovis
Ian L. Daniel
Department of Plant and Microbial Sciences
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch, New Zealand
Abstract Angiosperm reproductive structure macrofossils
have been discovered in Late Cretaceous rocks from northwest Nelson, South
Island, New Zealand. We have collected over 100 specimens of the same form,
of striking stellate appearance, from a locality of late Campanian or Maastrichtian
age. These are the first such fossils of Cretaceous age reported from New
Zealand.
Keywords angiosperm reproductive structure;
flower macrofossils; Late Cretaceous; northwest Nelson; New Zealand
G02022; Received 19 April 2002; accepted 27 May 2003; online publication
date 13 November 2003
New Zealand Journal of Geology & Geophysics, 2003, Vol. 46: 519–522
0028–8306/03/4604–0519 $7.00/0 © The Royal Society of New Zealand
2003
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