New potential nearest living relatives for Araucariaceae producing fossil Wollemi Pine-type pollen (Dilwynites granulatus W.K. Harris, 1965) |
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| Authors: | Mike Macphailm |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Archaeology and Natural History, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University, ACT 0200, Australiamike.macphail@anu.edu.au |
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| Abstract: | Two Agathis species that are endemic to New Caledonia, A. moorei and A. ovata, produce coarsely granulate inaperturate pollen that resembles pollen of the Wollemi Pine (Wollemi nobilis). For this reason, these Agathis species are potential nearest living relatives of the fossil species Dilwynites granulatus, whose stratigraphic distribution has been used to establish a fossil record for Wollemia. |
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| Keywords: | fossil record Agathis Dilwynites Wollemia nobilis Wollemi Pine New Caledonia |
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