When humans arrived in New Zealand, a bit over 700 years ago (Wilmshurst et al., 2008; Jacomb et al., 2014), it seems …
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Bleached moa bones projected out from the steep bank of the nearly dry gully. This was exciting, as there were clearly several …
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New Zealand plant fossils
The Amazing Miocene Fossil Leaf Pack of Mata Creek, New Zealand
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleI was crouched in a long boat somewhere up a rainforest-swathed river in Kalimatan, Borneo, when I saw it – a ‘living’ …
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Miocene Rain and Fire Forests of Bannockburn
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleCanungra is the perfect place to stop for a snack on the drive up to O’Reilly’s/Lamington National Park in southeastern Queensland. On …
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I noticed Miss Tasha when it opened. But for quite a while I kept walking past – I wasn’t sure what it …
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New Zealand plant fossils
Miocene Swamp Forests of St Bathans, New Zealand
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleThe white sands and muds surrounding Blue and ‘Grey’ Lakes at St Bathans were laid down in a braided river (Manuherikia Group; …
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Miocene Nothofagus in New Zealand’s Manuherikia Group
by Mike Poleby Mike PolePerhaps the most surprising thing about Nothofagus leaf fossils in New Zealand is – not finding them. Nothofagus is another name for the southern …
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Interdistributary drifters – a Miocene bay in New Zealand
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleOne of the more evocative Miocene fossils you might pick up near Bannockburn, New Zealand, are she-oak ‘cones’ (see the featured image). …
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Blue Lake, St Bathans – the most biodiverse Miocene fossil plant locality
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleThe biodiversity of Blue Lake, at St Bathans, New Zealand, is precisely zero. It is an artificial lake partly filling a hole …
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