New Zealand Journal of Botany abstracts

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Nothofagus ninnisiana (linger) Oliver from Waikato Coal Measures (Eocene-Oligocene) at Drury, Auckland, New Zealand.

J. B. KOVAR

Naturhistorisches Museum Vienna
Geologisch-Palaontologische Abteilung
Burgring 7, A-1014 Vienna
Austria.

J. D. CAMPBELL

Geology Department, University of Otago
Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand

R. S. HILL

Botany Department, University of Tasmania
Box 252 C, Hobart, Australia 7001

Abstract Type material of Fagus ninnisiana Unger consisting of the lectotype and syntypes housed in the Naturhistorisches Museum Vienna, includes specimens with preserved cuticle. Cuticu- lar anatomy confirms the placing of Fagus ninni- siana within Nothofagus. The fossils were collected from the Waikato Coal Measures during the Novara Expedition and are of Eocene-Oligocene age.

Keywords Fagus ninnisiana; Nothofagus; Novara Expedition; Waikato Coal Measures; Drury; New Zealand; Eocene-Oligocene

Received 13 January 1986; accepted 3 June 1986
New Zealand Journal of Botany, 1987, Vol. 25: 79-85
0028-825X/87/2501-0079$2.50/0 © Crown copyright 1987

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