Sometime in the 1980s my Prof, ‘JDC’ (Doug Campbell of the Otago University), showed me a box of spectacular leaf fossils that …
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New Zealand plant fossils
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Curio Bay - New Zealand's Jurassic Fossil Forest
Where was the Murihiku in the Jurassic?
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleA few years ago I used to teach American classes that came to the University of Queensland. One evening my Stanford class …
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Curio Bay - New Zealand's Jurassic Fossil Forest
Globalisation in the Jurassic – the fossil fern Coniopteris in New Zealand
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleOne of the plant fossils that turns up in New Zealand’s Jurassic rocks is a delicate-looking fern frond called Coniopteris (Arber, 1917; …
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New Zealand plant fossils
Almost a Holocaust – the latest Triassic, Pollock Road, New Zealand
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleWhat a difference nearly thirty years makes. In 1986 the Prof of Geology at Otago University showed me some recently collected plant …
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New Zealand plant fossils
New Zealand’s Weather has been so … Early Miocene
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleA couple of years ago I re-kitted and headed off from Wanaka for an extended walk in the Matukituki region. There was …
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New Zealand plant fossils
Cabin Fever and Paleocene leaf fossils in the Haast
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleEaster, 1971. The family is holed-up in a tiny home-made caravan at Cole Creek, in New Zealand’s forest-clad South Westland just north …
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New Zealand plant fossils
The Fossil Palm Swamps of Central Otago, New Zealand
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleOne of the endearing memories I have during my PhD was working on the banks above the Kawarau River near Cromwell (Central …
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New Zealand plant fossils
The Fossil Palm Swamps of Central Otago, New Zealand
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleOne of the endearing memories I have during my PhD was working on the banks above the Kawarau River near Cromwell (Central …
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New Zealand plant fossils
Supplejack – a survivor from the Miocene in New Zealand
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleThe first time I ever slept-out (sleeping bag, no tent), I was about four years old, and the place was an idyllic …
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New Zealand plant fossils
The Kai Point Coal Mine – Late Cretaceous vegetation treasure-trove
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleThe lowlands south of Dunedin (New Zealand), used to be almost impassable wetlands. The local Maoris were incredulous when the first Western …
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