New Zealand Fossil Spores and Pollen Catalogue

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This catalogue presents an entry for each of the hundreds of species of fossil spore or pollen from the New Zealand region that are recorded in the scientific literature.

Nationally Significant Collections and Databases are registered as important for New Zealand, and as such are supported by long-term government funding.

Overview

The database has been compiled primarily as a reference tool for paleontologists engaged in biostratigraphic work in New Zealand pre-Pleistocene strata, and provides a snapshot of the present state of nomenclature for this group of fossils.

Taxa are arranged according to a morphological classification, to which there is a key in the introductory text. For each species, a detailed synonymy lists significant nomenclatural changes, all published records from New Zealand strata, some important illustrated records from elsewhere, and records which are regarded as misidentifications.

The web pages are comprehensively illustrated with previously published images of New Zealand specimens, where possible reproduced from original photographs. Brief notes on natural phylogenetic relationships are also included.

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Raine Ian 1939

Ian Raine Emeritus Scientist

Research Interests Palynology of Permian to Cenozoic strata for regional geological mapping, sedimentary basin studies, petroleum and coalfield exploration, biostratigraphic and taxonomic research, melissopalynology. Current projects include taxonomic and biostratigraphic study of New Zealand Jurassic and Cretaceous palynomorphs, vegetation and climate change at the Cretaceous-Tertiary and Paleocene-Eocene boundaries, biogeography of Cenozoic Antarctic and southern high latitude floras, and development of taxonomy databases. Also involved in research on the New Zealand honey flora, bee forage, and the definition of monofloral honeys.

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