Fossil wood of Cretaceous age from the Namaqualand continental shelf, South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorBamford, Marion K
dc.contributor.authorCorbett, Ian B
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-08T13:20:03Z
dc.date.available2015-01-08T13:20:03Z
dc.date.issued1994
dc.description.abstractFossil wood was collected from sediments on the Namaqualand shelf, West Coast, South Africa, between the Orange River mouth and just to the south of Kleinzee. Forty three of these samples are here described. All the woods are gymnospermous and have abietinian tracheid pitting. Nineteen of them are well enough preserved to be identified to species level: Podocarpoxylon cf. umzambense, Mesembrioxylon cf. stokesii, M. cf. sahnii, M. cf. woburnense and Protocupressinoxylon cf. purbeckensis. The remainder of the woods have been placed in the artificial genus Mesembrioxylon without species names. The woods are probably primitive members of the Podocarpaceae growing during the Lower Cretaceous. They indicate a seasonal climate and inhabited the extensive low-lying coastal regions.en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipDe Beersen_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0078-8554
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/16273
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherBernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Researchen_ZA
dc.subjectLower Cretaceousen_ZA
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectPodocarpaceaeen_ZA
dc.subjectCheirolepidiaceaeen_ZA
dc.titleFossil wood of Cretaceous age from the Namaqualand continental shelf, South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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