Samples of fossil wood and leaves of Tertiary age collected from Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula

During field work in 2001 over 1600 specimens were collected from four main fossil plant assemblages: the 'Nordenksjold flora' from the Cross Valley Formation of Late Palaeocene age; and 3 floras from La Meseta Formation i) Flora2 from the Valle De Las Focas allomember, ~late Early Eocene, ii) Wiman Flora, Acantilados allomember, late Early/mid Eocene, iii) Cucullaea 1, Cuculleae 1 allomember Flora, early Late Eocene. In addition smaller collections of fossils from other parts of the La Meseta Formation were collected. The work concentrated on the Late Palaeocene and the Cuculleae 1 floras as these were the best preserved and had sufficient morphotypes for climate analysis. In the Late Palaeocene flora 36 angiosperm leaf morphotypes were identified, along with 2 pteridophytes (ferns), and podocarp and araucarian conifers. Discovery of several new leaf types indicates that the Tertiary floras from Antarctica were more diverse than previously thought.

Date (Creation): 2008-01-22

Date (Revision): 2008-01-22

Date (Publication): 2008-01-22

Date (released): 2008-01-22

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Unique resource identifier: 7d3d9411-92c8-4607-80ba-c4897200ee23

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Unique resource identifier: GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00311

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Status: Completed

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University of Leeds	Francis, Professor Jane		Author
NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre		PDCServiceDesk@bas.ac.uk	Point of contact

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Geology
Bio-geographical regions
Palaeocene
Tertiary floras
biodiversity change
forest diversity
former greenhouse climate
plant fossils
terrestrial climate change

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Seymour Island Antarctica

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Biota

Begin date: 2001-01-01

End date: 2001-03-31

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Title: European Petroleum Survey Group (EPSG) Geodetic Parameter Registry

Date (Publication): 2008-11-12

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European Petroleum Survey Group		EPSGadministrator@iogp.org	Publisher

Unique resource identifier: urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::3031

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NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre		PDCServiceDesk@bas.ac.uk	Distributor

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Some of the best preserved plant fossils of early Tertiary (Palaeocene to Eocene) age in the Southern Hemisphere were collected from Seymour Island, off the Antarctic Peninsula.

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Date stamp: 2008-01-22

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NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre		polardatacentre@bas.ac.uk	Point of contact

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