On Araucarites rogersii Seward from the Lower Cretaceous Kirkwood Formation of the Algoa Basin, Cape Province, South Africa

Abstract

Araucarites rogersii Seward from the Kirkwood Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of South Africa, is redescribed based on new fossil material including a single compressed cone. Some additional observations on the flora and environment of the Early Cretaceous in the Algoa Basin are made.