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AFI 01/01_01 - Biodiversity response to climate change: biodiversity and climate significance of Tertiary forest communities of Antarctica - Fossil wood and leaves of Tertiary age, Seymour Island and adjacent, 2001
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GB-NERC-BAS-AEDC-00311
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During field work in 2001 over 1600 specimens were collected from four main fossil plant assemblages: the ''Nordenksjold flora'' from the Cross Valley Formation of Late Palaeocene age; and 3 floras from La Meseta Formation i) Flora2 from the Valle De Las Focas allomember, ~late Early Eocene, ii) Wiman Flora, Acantilados allomember, late Early/mid Eocene, iii) Cucullaea 1, Cuculleae 1 allomember ...
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2001-01-01
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2001-03-31
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Some of the best preserved plant fossils of early Tertiary (Palaeocene to Eocene) age in the Southern Hemisphere were collected from Seymour Island, off the Antarctic Peninsula.
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The samples are not yet available as they are still being worked on. You can request them through AEDC and we will give you an update on the availability.
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DIF Creation Date:
2012-11-01
Last DIF Revision Date:
2013-01-09
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