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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New Zealand paleobotany
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Curio Bay - New Zealand's Jurassic Fossil Forest
What latitude did the Jurassic Fossil Forest of Curio Bay grow at?
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleThe 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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New Zealand plant fossils
New Zealand’s first fossil horsetails in millions of years
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleWith the precious fossils laid out carefully on a sun-hat held in my hands, I took a confident stride from one boulder …
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Curio Bay - New Zealand's Jurassic Fossil Forest
How Tall were the trees in New Zealand’s Jurassic Fossil Forest at Curio Bay?
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleAt 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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New Zealand Geology
New Zealand’s Hawks Crag Breccia – prelude to the drift from Gondwana
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleThe New Zealand road network has some seriously quirky idiosyncrasies – little things we locals take for granted, but can cause some …
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New Zealand paleobotany
Phyllocladus fossils from the Miocene of New Zealand, and Cretaceous Protophyllocladus
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleA rare plant fossil in the Miocene Manuherikia Group of New Zealand, is Phyllocladus (the Celery Pine). This is a strange conifer which, instead …
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Curio Bay - New Zealand's Jurassic Fossil Forest
The Biggest Tree Stump in the Curio Bay Jurassic Forest
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleBack 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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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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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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