Early Tertiary leaves of the Menispermaceae from Nerriga, New South Wales
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology
- Vol. 13 (1), 37-44
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03115518908619124
Abstract
Leaves from the early/middle Eocene Nerriga locality are assigned to Menispermaphyllum tomentosum gen. et sp. nov. The leaves are clearly assignable to the Menispermaceae, and have their closest affinities with the extant genus Legnephora. However, there are enough differences between the fossil leaves and leaves of the extant species to prevent their placement within an extant genus. It is suggested that M. tomentosum may have been a vine growing among trees on the lakeside at Nerriga. These fossils provide evidence for the presence of the Menispermaceae in Gondwana during the Tertiary.Keywords
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