Mike Pole’s Publications

These are my publications on New Zealand and Australian plant fossils, paleoclimate, stratigraphy, biogeography, etc. I’ve grouped them (with repeats) by theme.

The link will take you to a downloadable pdf on my Academia.edu page.

Miocene Manuherikia Group, New Zealand – plant fossils, stratigraphy, paleoclimate

POLE, M.S. (1989) Early Miocene floras from Central Otago, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 19 : 121-125.

POLE, M.S., HOLDEN, A.M. AND CAMPBELL, J.D. (1989) Fossil legumes from the Manuherikia Group (Miocene), Central Otago, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 19: 225-228.

POLE, M., HARRIS, A., 1990. Fossil leaf miner trace from Miocene sediments of the Manuherikia Group, Central Otago. Newsletter Botanical Society of Otago, 2-3.

POLE, M. (1992) Fossils of Leguminosae from the Miocene Manuherikia Group of New Zealand. In P.S. Herendeen and D.L. Dilcher (Eds): Advances in legume systematics: Part 4. The fossil record, pp. 251- 258. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

HILL, R.S. AND POLE, M.S. (1992) Leaf and shoot morphology of extant Afrocarpus, Nageia and Retrophyllum (Podocarpaceae) species, and species with similar leaf arrangement, from Tertiary sediments in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 5: 337 – 358.

POLE, M.S. (1992) Early Miocene flora of the Manuherikia Group, New Zealand. 1. Ferns. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 22: 279-286.

POLE, M.S. (1992) Early Miocene flora of the Manuherikia Group, New Zealand. 2. Conifers. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 22: 287-302.

POLE, M.S. (1992) Early Miocene flora of the Manuherikia Group, New Zealand. 3. Possible cycad. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 22: 303-306.

POLE, M.S. (1993) Early – Middle Miocene flora of the Manuherikia Group, New Zealand. 4. Palm remains. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 23: 283-288.

POLE, M.S. (1993) Early – Middle Miocene flora of the Manuherikia Group, New Zealand. 5. Smilacaceae, Polygonaceae, and Elaeocarpaceae. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 23: 289-302.

POLE, M.S. (1993) Early – Middle Miocene flora of the Manuherikia Group, New Zealand. 6. Lauraceae. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 23: 303-312.

POLE, M.S. (1993) Early – Middle Miocene flora of the Manuherikia Group, New Zealand. 7. Myrtaceae, including Eucalyptus. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 23: 313-328.

POLE, M.S. (1993) Early – Middle Miocene flora of the Manuherikia Group, New Zealand. 8. Nothofagus. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 23: 329-344.

POLE, M.S. (1993) Early – Middle Miocene flora of the Manuherikia Group, New Zealand. 9. Miscellaneous leaf fossils and reproductive structures. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 23: 345-391.

POLE, M.S. (1993) Early – Middle Miocene flora of the Manuherikia Group, New Zealand. 10. Paleoecology and stratigraphy. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 23: 393-426.

FELDMANN, R. AND POLE, M.S. (1994) A new species of Paranephrops White, 1842: a fossil freshwater crayfish (Decapoda: Parastaciadae) from the Manuherikia Group (Miocene), Central Otago, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 37, 163-167.

HILL, R.S. AND POLE, M.S. (1994) Two new species of Pterostoma R.S. Hill, from Cenozoic sediments in Australasia. Review of Palynology and Paleobotany 80: 123-130.

MCGLONE, M.G., MILDENHALL, D.C. AND POLE, M.S. (1996) The History and Paleoecology of New Zealand Nothofagus forests. In Veblen, T.T., Hill, R.S., and Read, J. (Eds) Nothofagus: Ecology and Evolution, pp. 83-130. Yale University Press, Yale.

POLE, M.S. (1997) Miocene conifers from the Manuherikia Group, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 27, 355-370.

MOLNAR, R., AND POLE, M.S. (1997) A Miocene crocodilian from New Zealand. Alcheringa 21, 65-70.

McDOWALL, R.M., AND POLE, M.S. (1997) A large galaxiid fossil (Teleostei) from the Miocene of Central Otago, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 27, 193-198.

POLE, M.S. AND DOUGLAS, B. J. (1998) A quantitative palynostratigraphy of the Miocene Manuherikia Group, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 28, 405-420.

POLE, M.S. (1998) The Proteaceae Record in New Zealand. Australian Systematic Botany 11, 343-372.

POLE, M.S., DOUGLAS, B.J., MASON, G. (2003). The terrestrial Miocene biota of southern New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 33, 415-426

Pole, M.S. (2003). New Zealand climate in the Neogene and implications for global atmospheric circulation. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 193, 269-284. Google Scholar Citations: 10.

POLE, M. (2007). Monocot macrofossils from the Miocene of Southern New Zealand. Palaeontologia Electronica 10.3: 15A:1–21.

POLE, M.S. (2007). Chapter 26 – Plant macrofossils. pp. 460-475, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) ‘NZ Inventory of Biodiversity Vol 3’. Canterbury University Press.

POLE, M.S. (2007). Conifer and cycad distribution in the Miocene of southern New Zealand. Australian Journal of Botany 55, 143-164.

POLE, M.S. (2007). Lauraceae macrofossils and dispersed cuticle from the Miocene of Southern New Zealand. Palaeontologia Electronica 10 (1); 3A:38p, 65MB; http://palaeo-electronica.org/paleo/2007_1/zealand/index.html

POLE, M. (2008): The record of Araucariaceae macrofossils in New Zealand. Alcheringa 32: 409–430.

POLE, M.S. (2008): Dispersed leaf cuticle from the Early Miocene of southern New Zealand. Palaeontologica Electronica 11.3: 15A: 1–117.

POLE, M.; DAWSON, J.; DENTON, P; (2008). Fossil Myrtaceae from the Early Miocene of southern New Zealand. Australian Journal of Botany 56: 67–81.

POLE, M. (2009): Was New Zealand a primary source for the New Caledonian flora? Alcheringa 34: 64–74.

POLE, M. (2014). Miocene climate in New Zealand. Palaeontologia Electronica, 17, Issue 2;27A; 79p.

Non-Manuherikia Group Miocene-Pliocene plant fossils in New Zealand

POLE, M.S. (1994) Deciduous Nothofagus leaves from the Miocene of Cornish Head, New Zealand. Alcheringa, 18, 79-83.

POLE, M.S. (1993) Miocene broad-leaved Podocarpus from Foulden Hills, New Zealand. Alcheringa 17: 173-177.

POLE, M.S. (1993) Nothofagus from the Dunedin Volcanic Group (Upper Miocene), New Zealand. Alcheringa. 17: 77-90.

POLE, M. S. (1996) Plant macrofossils from the Foulden Hills Diatomite (Miocene), Central Otago, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 26, 1-39.

POLE, M.S. (2007) Plant Macrofossil assemblages during Pliocene uplift, South Island, New Zealand. Australian Journal of Botany 55, 118-142.

POLE, M.S. (2007). Conifer and cycad distribution in the Miocene of southern New Zealand. Australian Journal of Botany 55, 143-164.

POLE, M.S. (2007). Lauraceae macrofossils and dispersed cuticle from the Miocene of Southern New Zealand. Palaeontologia Electronica 10 (1); 3A:38p, 65MB; http://palaeo-electronica.org/paleo/2007_1/zealand/index.html

POLE, M.S. (2008): Dispersed leaf cuticle from the Early Miocene of southern New Zealand. Palaeontologica Electronica 11.3: 15A: 1–117.

POLE, M.; MOORE, P.R. (2011). A Late Miocene leaf assemblage from Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand, and its climatic implications. Alcheringa 35: 103–121.

Australasian Cretaceous floras

POLE, M.S. (1992) Cretaceous macrofloras of eastern Otago, New Zealand: Angiosperms. Australian Journal of Botany 40: 169-206.

Pole, M.S. (1995) Late Cretaceous macrofloras of Eastern Otago, New Zealand: Gymnosperms. Australian Systematic Botany 8, 1067-1106.

POLE, M.S. AND DOUGLAS, B.J. (1999) Plant macrofossils of the Upper Cretaceous Kaitangata Coalfield, New Zealand. Australian Systematic Botany 12, 331-364.

POLE, M.S. AND DOUGLAS, J. G. (1999) Bennettitales, Cycadales and Ginkgoales from the mid Cretaceous of the Eromanga Basin, Queensland, Australia. Cretaceous Research 20, 523-538.

POLE, M.S., (1999) Latest Albian-earliest Cenomanian monocotyledonous leaves from Australia. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 129, 177-186.

POLE, M.S. (2000). Dicotyledonous angiosperm macrofossils from the latest Albian – earliest Cenomanian of the Eromanga Basin, Queensland. Paleontological Research 4, 39-52.

POLE, M.S. (2000). Mid Cretaceous conifer macrofossils from the Eromanga Basin. Australian Systematic Botany 13, 153-197.

POLE, M. (2008): The record of Araucariaceae macrofossils in New Zealand. Alcheringa 32: 409–430.

POLE, M., 2009. Discussion and reply. The record of Araucariaceae macrofossils in New Zealand. Alcheringa 33, 298 — 299.

POLE, M.; VAJDA, V. (2009). A new terrestrial Cretaceous–Paleogene site in New Zealand – turnover in macroflora confirmed by palynology. Cretaceous Research 30: 917–938.

POLE, M; PHILIPPE, (2010). ‘Cretaceous plant fossils of Pitt Island, the Chatham group, New Zealand’, Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, 34: 3, 231 — 263.

TOSOLINI, A.-M. P.; POLE, M.(2010) ‘Insect and clitellate annelid traces in mesofossil assemblages from the Cretaceous of Australasia’, Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, 34: 3, 397 — 419

POLE, M. (2014). The distinct foliar physiognomy of the Late Cretaceous forests of New Zealand – probably deciduous. Gondwana Research.

Geology and Plant Fossils of the Murihiku Group, New Zealand (Triassic-Jurassic)

RAINE, J.I. AND POLE, M.S. (1988) Middle Jurassic Forest Beds, Curio Bay. pp. 47-57 in Pocknall, D.T and Tremain (Eds). New Zealand Palynology and Paleobotany. A field guide to palynological and paleobotanical localities. New Zealand Geological Survey Record 33.

POLE, M.S. AND RAINE, J.I. (1994) Triassic plant fossils from Pollock Road, Southland, New Zealand. Alcheringa 18, 147-159.

POLE, M.S. (1998). Structure of a near-polar latitude forest from the New Zealand Jurassic. Palaeogeography, Palaeoecology, Palaeoclimatology 147, 121-139.

POLE, M.S. (2001). Repeated flood events and fossil forests at Curio Bay (Middle Jurassic), New Zealand. Sedimentary Geology 144, 223-242.

POLE, M.S. (2004) Early ‑ Middle Jurassic stratigraphy of the Fortrose‑Chaslands region, southernmost South Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 47, 129-139

POLE, M. (2009): Vegetation and climate of the New Zealand Jurassic. GFF: 131-1: 105-111.

Plant fossils of the Taratu Formation (Late Cretaceous, Paleocene, Eocene), New Zealand

POLE, M.S. (1992) Cretaceous macrofloras of eastern Otago, New Zealand: Angiosperms. Australian Journal of Botany 40: 169-206.

POLE, M.S. (1994) An Eocene macroflora from the Taratu Formation at Livingstone, North Otago, New Zealand. Australian Journal of Botany, 42 , 341-367.

Pole, M.S. (1995) Late Cretaceous macrofloras of Eastern Otago, New Zealand: Gymnosperms. Australian Systematic Botany 8, 1067-1106.

POLE, M.S. (1997) Paleocene plant macrofossils from Kakahu, South Canterbury, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 27, 371-400.

POLE, M.S. (1998) Paleocene Gymnosperms from Mount Somers, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 28, 375-403.

POLE, M.S. AND DOUGLAS, B. J. (1999) Plant macrofossils of the Upper Cretaceous Kaitangata Coalfield, New Zealand. Australian Systematic Botany 12, 331-364.

POLE, M.; VAJDA, V. (2009). A new terrestrial Cretaceous–Paleogene site in New Zealand – turnover in macroflora confirmed by palynology. Cretaceous Research 30: 917–938.

POLE, M. (2010). Ecology of Paleocene–Eocene Vegetation at Kakahu, South Canterbury, New Zealand. Palaeontologia Electronica 13.2: 14A: 1–29.

POLE, M. (2014). The distinct foliar physiognomy of the Late Cretaceous forests of New Zealand – probably deciduous. Gondwana Research.

New Zealand – Australia Biogeography

POLE, M.S. (1993) Keeping in Touch: Vegetation Prehistory on both sides of the Tasman. Australian Systematic Botany 6: 387-397.

POLE, M.S. (1994) The New Zealand flora – entirely long-distance dispersal? Journal of Biogeography 21, 625-635.

POLE, M.S. (2001). Can long-distance dispersal be inferred from the New Zealand plant fossil record? Australian Journal of Botany 49, 357-366.

PHILIPPE, M., BAMFORD, M., DA ROSA ALVES, L. S., FALCON-LANG, H. J., GNAEDINGER, S., HERBST, R., MCLOUGHLIN, S., OTTONE, E., POLE, M., RAJANIKANTH, A., TORRES, T. & ZAMUNER, A. 2004, ‘Biogeographic analysis of Jurassic-Early Cretaceous wood assemblages from Gondwana’, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, vol. 129, pp. 141-75.

POLE, M. (2009): Was New Zealand a primary source for the New Caledonian flora? Alcheringa 34: 64–74.

POLE, M., 2010. Discussion of ‘The Waipounamu Erosion Surface: questioning the antiquity of the New Zealand land surface and terrestrial fauna and flora’. Geological Magazine 147, 151–155.

Plant fossils in Australia

POLE, M.S. (1992) Eocene vegetation from Hasties, north-eastern Tasmania. Australian Systematic Botany 5: 431-475.

POLE, M.S., HILL, R.S., GREEN, N. & MACPHAIL, M.K. (1993) The Oligocene Berwick Quarry Flora – Rainforest in a Drying Environment. Australian Systematic Botany 6: 399-428.

CARPENTER, R. J., AND POLE, M. S. (1995) Eocene plant fossils from the Lefroy and Cowan paleodrainages, western Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 8, 1107-1154.

POLE, M.S. AND MACPHAIL, M.K. (1996) Eocene Nypa from Regatta Point, Tasmania. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 92, 55-67.

POLE, M.S., AND BOWMAN, D.M.J.S. (1996) Tertiary plant fossils from Australia’s ‘Top End’. Australian Systematic Botany 9, 113-126.

PICKETT, J. W., MACPHAIL, M.K., PARTRIDGE, A.D., AND POLE, M.S. (1997) Middle Miocene palaeotopography at Little Bay, near Maroubra, New South Wales. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 44, 509-518.

POLE, M.S. (1998) Early Eocene estuary at Strahan, Tasmania. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 45: 979-985.

POLE, M.S. AND PHILIPPE, M. (1998) Petrified wood. In, David, B. (editor) ‘Ngarrabullgan: geographical investigations in Djungan Country, Cape York Peninsula’. Monash University Publications in Geography and Environmental Science 51, 55-56.

POLE, M.S., (1998) The fossil flora of Melville Island, Northern Australia. The Beagle 14: 1-28.

POLE, M. (2007). Early Eocene dispersed cuticles and mangrove to rainforest vegetation at Strahan-Regatta Point, Tasmania. Palaeontologia Electronica 10: Issue 3; 15A:66p; http://palaeo-electronica.org/paleo/2007_3/126/index.html

JANSSON, I.-M., MCLOUGHLIN, S., VAJDA, V., POLE, M., 2008. An Early Jurassic flora from the Clarence-Moreton Basin, Australia. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 150, 5–21.

Others

POLE, M.S. (1991) A modified terminology for angiosperm leaf architecture. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 21: 297-312.

POLE, M.S., HILL, R.S., AND HARWOOD, D. (2000) Eocene Plant Macrofossils from Erratics, McMurdo Sound. Antarctic Research Series Volume 76, pp. 243-251.

POLE, M.S. (2012). Chapter 26 – Plant macrofossils. pp. 460-475, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) ‘NZ Inventory of Biodiversity Vol 3’. Canterbury University Press.

POLE, M. (2010). Cuticle morphology of Australasian Sapindaceae. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 164: 264–292.

POLE, M., WANG, Y., BUGDAEVA, E.V., DONG, C., TIAN, N., LI, L., ZHOU, N., In Press. The rise and demise of Podozamites in East Asia – an extinct conifer life style. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology