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Araucaria taieriensis

Araucaria taieriensis Pole Austral. Syst. Bot., 8(6): 1074. 22 Dec 1995
Name
Araucaria taieriensis
Rank
Species
Generic Name
[Genus] Araucaria
Authors (Pub.)
Pole M. S.  
Publication
Late Cretaceous macrofloras of Eastern Otago, New Zealand: Gymnosperms [1995/12]
Journal
Australian Systematic Botany
Volume
8
Issue
6
Page number
1074
Year
1995
Fossil Status
foliage
Stratigraphy
Upper Cretaceous
Location
Kai Point Mine, Taieri River, New Zealand
Paleoregion
Australia (New Zealand)
Data for Holotypus
Repository
University of Tasmania, Department of Plant Sciences, Hobart, Australia
Repository Number
SB 914 on SEM STUB S-384, H46/f15
Diagnosis
An Araucaria with flattened, medium sized leaves (mostly 12 mm or less long), with stomates having smooth, oval outlines and oriented predominantly parallel to the long axis of the leaf.

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