Fossil Plants
New Zealand’s plant fossils range from microscopic single-celled organisms (‘microfossils’), to large leaves and even tree trunks!
Broadleaf angiosperm from Otaio Gorge, Waipawan age
- Spores and Pollen – single celled plant microfossils
- Leaves, wood and flowers
- Dinoflagellates - marine or fresh-water algae
- Nannofossils - microscopic plant remains
- Diatoms – marine or fresh-water algae
- Bolboforms - microscopic algae-like organisms