Tertiary megafossil flora of Maslin Bay, South Australia: a preliminary report

Christophel, Dave C.; Blackburn, David T.

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“…5H) and lid-cells (Fig. 51) (Christophel & Blackburn, 1978), but it has not been identified beyond the family. However, it is not closely related to the common hard-fruited genera of southeastern Australia (e. g.…”

Section: Comparison Of Macro-and Microflorasmentioning

confidence: 98%

Reconstruction of the Oligocene vegetation at Pioneer, northeast Tasmania

Hill

Macphail²

1983

Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology

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Section: Comparison Of Macro-and Microflorasmentioning

confidence: 98%

Reconstruction of the Oligocene vegetation at Pioneer, northeast Tasmania

Hill

Macphail²

1983

Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology

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“…However, one would predict that the the fossil record preserves only a fraction of the original regional community, and then only those species living in a restricted riparian habitat (Drake and Burrows ( 1980) reported that most forest taxa surrounding a small lake in Westland found entered the lake sediments, and thus potentially, the fossil record). The original regional diversity of the Manuherikia Group was therefore probably higher than in the fossil record, but not as high as those Australian fossil communities interpreted to be tropical or subtropical, such as Maslin Bay with about 200 taxa (Christophel and Blackburn, 1978); Anglesea with 100+ taxa from 6 localities, 70 from one of them ; Golden Grove with 30--35 taxa (Christophel and Greenwood, 1987); and Nerriga with a similar number (Hill, 1982).…”

Section: The Foliar Physiognomy Of the Manuherikia Groupmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A physiognomic interpretation of some Australian Tertiary plant fossil assemblages hasbeen attempted by Christophel and Blackburn (1978) and Christophel and Greenwood ( 1987).…”

Section: Foliar Physiognomy and Climatementioning

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Early Miocene flora of the Manuherikia Group, New Zealand. 10. Paleoecology and stratigraphy

Pole

1993

Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand

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“…(Lange 1970, Christophel and Blackburn 1978, Blackburn 1981, Alley 1987, Christophel and Greenwood 1987b, Barrett and Christophel 1990, Christophel 1994, Scriven 1994. Both deposits are reliably dated by pollen as Middle Eocene (Lower Nothofagidites asperus Zone Equivalent).…”

Section: Inferred Climatementioning

confidence: 99%

Fossil leaves of Banksia, Banksieae and pretenders: resolving the fossil genus Banksieaephyllum

Carpenter

Jordan

Hill

2016

Aust. Systematic Bot.

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The genus Banksieaephyllum, originally erected for cuticle-bearing fossil leaves of subtribe Banksiinae (Proteaceae subfamily Grevilleoideae, tribe Banksieae), is reassessed. Of the 18 described species, nine are accepted within Banksia, including Banksieaephyllum obovatum Cookson & Duigan, which is synonymised with B. laeve Cookson & Duigan on the basis of new cuticular preparations. Two other species are transferred to Banksieaefolia gen. nov., a genus erected for Banksieae of uncertain affinities, and which presently includes only fossils that probably belong to subtribe Musgraveinae. The seven other Banksieaephyllum species lack definitive characters of Proteaceae (i.e. brachyparacytic stomata and annular trichome bases) and do not have Banksieae-type cylindrical trichome bases. These species are, therefore, not accepted as Proteaceae and are transferred to Pseudobanksia gen. nov., together with another fossil Banksia-like leaf species, Phyllites yallournensis Cookson & Duigan. Lectotypes are chosen for Banksia fastigata H.Deane, Banksieaephyllum acuminatum Cookson & Duigan, Banksieaephyllum angustum Cookson & Duigan and Banksieaephyllum laeve Cookson & Duigan. Implications arising from the re-assessment of Banksieaephyllum include clarification of biome conservatism in Banksieae; Banksia has long had an association with relatively open, sclerophyllous vegetation, and Musgraveinae with rainforest. Pseudobanksia and Banksia share convergent traits, but in contrast to Banksia, Pseudobanksia failed to survive the drying climates and increased fire-frequencies of the Neogene.

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Tertiary megafossil flora of Maslin Bay, South Australia: a preliminary report

Cited by 35 publications

References 11 publications

Reconstruction of the Oligocene vegetation at Pioneer, northeast Tasmania

Reconstruction of the Oligocene vegetation at Pioneer, northeast Tasmania

Early Miocene flora of the Manuherikia Group, New Zealand. 10. Paleoecology and stratigraphy

Fossil leaves of Banksia, Banksieae and pretenders: resolving the fossil genus Banksieaephyllum

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