Kakahu-15 (Eocene of New Zealand)

Where: Canterbury, New Zealand (44.1° S, 171.1° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 46.0° S, 156.7° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; coal

• Prominent fissile mudstone unite c. 20 m above coal

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: adpression

Primary reference: M. Pole. 2010. Ecology of Paleocene & Eocene vegetation at Kakahu, South Canterbury, New Zealand. Palaeontologia Electronica 14-29 [C. Jaramillo/C. Jaramillo/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 169481: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Carlos Jaramillo on 28.05.2015

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Taxonomic list

• Ferns, other monocots, dicots and gnetales are also reported to be present.
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Angiospermae
 Fagales - Casuarinaceae
Casuarinaceae indet.
 Fagales - Myricaceae
Myricipites harrissi
 Proteales - Proteaceae
Proteaceae indet.
Proteaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Podocarpaceae indet.
Podocarpaceae indet. Endlicher 1847 podocarp