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Microcachrys novaezelandiae

Coniferales - Podocarpaceae

Taxonomy
Microcachrys novaezelandiae was named by Carpenter et al. (2011) [Paratypes: OU32897, OU32898. Includes material mounted on slides and SEM stubs. Type locality — Newvale Mine, Waimumu Coalfi eld, Southland, New Zealand. Site registered as F45/f0394 in the New Zealand Fossil Record File administered by the Geoscience Society of New Zealand. The NZ Map Grid reference on Infomap Series NZMS 260 is F45/817434 (46.1427 °S, 168.7518 °E).]. It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Holotype: OU32896, stored at Otago University Geology Department., a leaf (Cuticle), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is F45/f0394, middle Gore Lignite Measure, Newvale Mine, which is in an Oligocene/Miocene mire/swamp lignite in New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Microcachrys novaezelandiae Carpenter et al. p. 1167 figs. 2-9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
phylumPinophyta
orderConiferales
RankNameAuthor
familyPodocarpaceaeEndlicher 1847
genusMicrocachrysHooker 1845
speciesnovaezelandiae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Microcachrys novaezelandiae Carpenter et al. 2011
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. J. Carpenter et al. 2011Microcachrys foliage; each scale leaf with a marginal frill of finger-like cilia and ctenoidally arranged cells, often transitioning from cilia in basal half of the leaf to smooth frill in the apical half and apex. Florin rings prominent, segmented by grooves. Polar extensions present on cuticle associated with guard cells. Anticlinal cell wall cuticle not distinctly beaded or pitted.
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 27.30000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98New Zealand (Southland) Microcachrys novaezelandiae (type locality: 169981)