New Zealand Eocene, Oligocene and Miocene Macrofossil and Pollen Records and Modern Plant Distributions in the Southern Hemisphere

Lee, Daphne E.; Conran, John G.; Lindqvist, Jon K.; Bannister, Jennifer M.; Mildenhall, Dallas C.

doi:10.1007/s12229-012-9102-7

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“…Fleming 1979) that part of the Recent biota is of ancient origin, long preceding the Oligocene inundation and most parsimoniously of vicariant origin (Gibbs 2006;Worthy et al 2006;Jones et al 2009;Tennyson et al 2010). Such an understanding is also supported by recent investigations of the palaeofloras from the Oligocene to Miocene interval, which show no evidence for any loss of diversity or species turnover during the period of maximum marine transgression (Lee DE et al 2012). …”

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Early Miocene fossil frogs (Anura: Leiopelmatidae) from New Zealand

Worthy

Tennyson

Scofield

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Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand

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The first pre-Quaternary anurans from New Zealand are reported from the Early Miocene (19Á 16 Ma) St Bathans Fauna based on 10 fossil bones. Four bones representing two new species differing in size are described in Leiopelma: Leiopelmatidae, and are the first Tertiary records for the family. Six indeterminate frog fossils are morphologically similar to leiopelmatids and represent two species consistent in size with those known from diagnostic material. These records are highly significant, as minimally, they reduce the duration of the leiopelmatid 'ghost lineage' by c.20 million years and demonstrate that a diversity of leiopelmatids has long been present on New Zealand, supporting the ancient dichotomy of the extant species based on molecular data.

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Early Miocene fossil frogs (Anura: Leiopelmatidae) from New Zealand

Worthy

Tennyson

Scofield

et al. 2013

Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand

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“…One of the richest Miocene fossil sites is Foulden Maar in Otago, South Island, which to date has yielded a wide range of leaf, fl ower, and fruit taxa ( Bannister et al, 2005 ;Lee et al, 2012 ). Most of the plant macrofossils are isolated, more or less complete, compressed mummifi ed leaves of which about 45% are from the family Lauraceae, including common species with affi nities to Cryptocarya R.Br., Beilschmiedia Nees, and Litsea Lam.…”

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“…Most of the plant macrofossils are isolated, more or less complete, compressed mummifi ed leaves of which about 45% are from the family Lauraceae, including common species with affi nities to Cryptocarya R.Br., Beilschmiedia Nees, and Litsea Lam. ( Bannister et al, 2012 ). The remainder represents a diverse range of families, including Araliaceae, Cunoniaceae, Elaeocarpaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Menispermaceae, Myrsinaceae, Myrtaceae, Proteaceae, and Sterculiaceae ( Lee et al, 2012 ).…”

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Leaf fossils of Luzuriaga and a monocot flower with in situ pollen of Liliacidites contortus Mildenh. & Bannister sp. nov. (Alstroemeriaceae) from the Early Miocene

Conran

Bannister

Mildenhall

et al. 2014

American J of Botany

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“…For example, Lauraceae and Proteaceae (both over 10 taxa) were highly diverse during the Cenozoic [8,22], but currently have few species (under 3), whereas Rubiaceae and Pittosporaceae remain species rich (both over 20).…”

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Reproductive niche conservatism in the isolated New Zealand flora over 23 million years

Conran

Lee

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Biol. Lett.

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The temporal stability of plant reproductive features on islands has rarely been tested. Using flowers, fruits/cones and seeds from a well-dated (23 Ma) Miocene Lagerstätte in New Zealand, we show that across 23 families and 30 genera of forest angiosperms and conifers, reproductive features have remained constant for more than 20 Myr. Insect-, wind-and bird-pollinated flowers and wind-and bird-dispersed diaspores all indicate remarkable reproductive niche conservatism, despite widespread environmental and biotic change. In the past 10 Myr, declining temperatures and the absence of low-latitude refugia caused regional extinction of thermophiles, while orogenic processes steepened temperature, precipitation and nutrient gradients, limiting forest niches. Despite these changes, the palaeontological record provides empirical support for evidence from phylogeographical studies of strong niche conservatism within lineages and biomes.

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New Zealand Eocene, Oligocene and Miocene Macrofossil and Pollen Records and Modern Plant Distributions in the Southern Hemisphere

Cited by 70 publications

References 74 publications

Early Miocene fossil frogs (Anura: Leiopelmatidae) from New Zealand

Early Miocene fossil frogs (Anura: Leiopelmatidae) from New Zealand

Leaf fossils of Luzuriaga and a monocot flower with in situ pollen of Liliacidites contortus Mildenh. & Bannister sp. nov. (Alstroemeriaceae) from the Early Miocene

Reproductive niche conservatism in the isolated New Zealand flora over 23 million years

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