Tertiary megafossil flora of Maslin Bay,South Australia: numerical taxonomic study of selected leaves |
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| Authors: | David T. Blackburn |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Botany , University of Adelaide , North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia , 5000 |
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| Abstract: | Four taxa of fossil leaves from Eocene strata at Maslin Bay, South Australia, are described with particular reference to architectural and epidermal features. Comparisons with extant and fossil taxa indicate that the families Podocarpaceae (Decussocarpus maslinensis sp. nov.), Proteaceae (Banksieaephyllum incisum sp. nov., Maslinia grevilleoides gen. et sp. nov.) and Araliaceae (Parafatsia subpeltata gen. et sp. nov.) are represented. The taxonomic affinities of the fossils support the interpretation of a wet, subtropical climate during the Middle Eocene in the Maslin Bay region. |
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| Keywords: | Ordovician biostratigraphy conodonts corals graptolites brachiopods New South Wales Australia |
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