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Miocene conifers from the Manuherikia Group, New Zealand

Mike Pole*

Eight genera of conifers in two or three families are documented from Miocene sediments of the Manuherikia Group, Central Otago, New Zealand. They include Acmopyle masonii sp. nov., Dacrycarpus dacrydioides, Lepidothamnus intermedius, Podocarpus sp. `Mata Creek', Prumnopitys taxifolia, and Retrophyllum vulcanense in the Podocarpaceae, an indeterminate genus in either the Podocarpaceae or Taxaceae, and a single representative of the Cupressaceae. Seven species occur in one deposit.

Keywords: palaeobotany, Podocarpaceae, Taxaceae, Cupressaceae, Dacrycarpus, Lepidothamnus, Podocarpus, Prumnopitys, Retrophyllum

(c) Journal of The Royal Society of New Zealand,

Volume 27, Number 3, September 1997, pp 355-370

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