Angiosperm fossils from latitude 70°S

Thomson, M.R.A.; Burn, R.W.. 1977 Angiosperm fossils from latitude 70°S. Nature, 269 (5624). 139-141. 10.1038/269139a0

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Abstract/Summary

We have found fossil angiosperm leaves more than 1,000 km further south than any other previously reported. Specimens were obtained in situ by R. W. B. from tuffs in a volcanic sequence in the eastern Elgar Uplands of northern Alexander Island (Fig. 1). Hitherto in Antarctica, angiosperm macrofossils have been reported only from the northern Antarctic Peninsula area in Tertiary sediments on Seymour Island1 and in volcaniclastic sequences on King George Island, South Shetland Islands2,3, although angiosperm microfossils, mainly pollen, have been found in erratics of marine sandstone from the McMurdo Sound area4. The source area of these latter specimens however, is not known, and it is well known that some pollens, including that of Nothofagus, can be transported in detectable quantities over large distances5. No macro plant fossils seem to be associated with the McMurdo Sound pollen.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1038/269139a0
ISSN:	0028-0836
Date made live:	24 Oct 2019 09:51 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/525601

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

10.1038/269139a0

ISSN:

0028-0836

Date made live:

24 Oct 2019 09:51 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/525601