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Curio Bay – New Zealand’s Jurassic Fossil Forest

  • Curio Bay - New Zealand's Jurassic Fossil Forest

    The Hollow Tree Stumps at Curio Bay

    by Mike Pole May 21, 2025
    by Mike Pole May 21, 2025

    A hollow tree stump at the Jurassic fossil forest of Curio Bay, New Zealand. The inside of the stump (the wood is …

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    How Much Carbon Dioxide was in the Atmosphere of New Zealand’s Jurassic Curio Bay Fossil Forest?

    by Mike Pole November 10, 2017
    by Mike Pole November 10, 2017

    How do you figure out how much carbon dioxide was in the atmosphere millions of years ago? In the Jurassic, the fossil …

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    Were there dinosaurs in New Zealand’s Jurassic Fossil Forest at Curio Bay?

    by Mike Pole September 17, 2017
    by Mike Pole September 17, 2017

    In the Jurassic you could have walked from what is now the fossil forest at Curio Bay in southernmost New Zealand (see …

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    What latitude did the Jurassic Fossil Forest of Curio Bay grow at?

    by Mike Pole August 3, 2017
    by Mike Pole August 3, 2017

    The Jurassic fossil forest of Curio Bay today lies almost at the southern tip of New Zealand’s South Island. In the Jurassic, …

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    Deciduous Conifers in New Zealand’s Jurassic Fossil Forest at Curio Bay

    by Mike Pole June 25, 2017
    by Mike Pole June 25, 2017

    As you pull up in the car park above the fossil forest at Curio Bay (Pole 1999, 2001, 2004, 2009), there is …

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    How Tall were the trees in New Zealand’s Jurassic Fossil Forest at Curio Bay?

    by Mike Pole May 6, 2017
    by Mike Pole May 6, 2017

    At Curio Bay near the southernmost point of New Zealand’’s South Island, you can walk around the remains of a Jurassic fossil …

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    The Biggest Tree Stump in the Curio Bay Jurassic Forest

    by Mike Pole January 3, 2017
    by Mike Pole January 3, 2017

    Back in the late 1980s I had the pleasure of meeting the English scientist David Bellamy. Bellamy was famous at the time as …

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    Horsetail Marshes of the New Zealand Jurassic

    by Mike Pole April 3, 2016
    by Mike Pole April 3, 2016

    In the Jurassic, New Zealand had ‘horsetails’ (Latin: Equisetum) – an odd-looking plant , a bit like a long brush with whorls of …

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    Podozamites – a multi-veined conifer in New Zealand’s Jurassic

    by Mike Pole March 18, 2016
    by Mike Pole March 18, 2016

    Most conifer leaves have just one vein, whether they be the needles of pines, or the much broader leaves of some tropical …

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    New Zealand: The Jurassic fossil forest at Curio Bay

    by Mike Pole February 15, 2016
    by Mike Pole February 15, 2016

    If you make your way down to almost the bottom of New Zealand’s South Island, you can walk among the stumps of …

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