Miocene conifers from the manuherikia group, new zealand

Abstract

Eight genera of conifers in two or three families are documented from Miocene sedimentsof the Manuherikia Group, Central Otago, New Zealand They include Acmopyle masonu sp nov, Dacrycarpus dacrydioides Lepidothamnus intermedius, Podocarpus sp ‘Mata Creek’, Prumnopitys taxifoha, and Retrophyllum vulcanense in the Podocarpaceae, an indeterminate genus in either the Podocarpaceae or Taxaceae, and a single representative of the Cupressaceae Seven species occur in one deposit. © 1997 Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.