Search Results - "Lee, Daphne E."
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Miocene Fossils Reveal Ancient Roots for New Zealand's Endemic Mystacina (Chiroptera) and Its Rainforest Habitat
Published in PloS one (17-06-2015)“…The New Zealand endemic bat family Mystacinidae comprises just two Recent species referred to a single genus, Mystacina. The family was once more diverse and…”
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A Review of Galaxias (Galaxiidae) Fossils from the Southern Hemisphere
Published in Diversity (Basel) (01-05-2020)“…The Galaxiidae is a Southern Hemisphere family of freshwater fish, considered to be of Gondwanan origin based on the current distribution of species in New…”
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High richness of insect herbivory from the early Miocene Hindon Maar crater, Otago, New Zealand
Published in PeerJ (San Francisco, CA) (16-02-2017)“…Plants and insects are key components of terrestrial ecosystems and insect herbivory is the most important type of interaction in these ecosystems. This study…”
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A New Fossil Termite (Isoptera, Stolotermitidae, Stolotermes) from the Early Miocene of Otago, New Zealand
Published in Acta geologica Sinica (Beijing) (01-08-2010)“…: The forewing of a termite from Early Miocene lake sediments in Otago, southern New Zealand is figured and described. It exhibits the generic characters of…”
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Vicariance and convergence in Magellanic and New Zealand long-looped brachiopod clades (Pan-Brachiopoda: Terebratelloidea)
Published in Zoological journal of the Linnean Society (01-07-2011)“…Phylogenetic reconstructions using parsimony, maximum likelihood (ML), and Bayesian relaxed molecular clock analyses of ∼2850 nucleotides of nuclear‐encoded…”
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Epiphyllous fungi and leaf physiognomy indicate an ever-wet humid mesothermal (subtropical) climate in the late Eocene of southern New Zealand
Published in Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology (15-06-2016)“…A diverse group of epiphyllous fungi from at least 10 genera as well as numerous germlings were isolated from late Eocene leaf litter, preserved as…”
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The fossil vertebrate primary type specimens in the collection of the University of Otago Department of Geology
Published in Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand (19-10-2024)“…The 47 vertebrate type specimens held in the University of Otago Geology Department are catalogued in detail. A short history of the collection is followed by…”
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Earliest orchid macrofossils: Early Miocene Dendrobium and Earina (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae) from New Zealand
Published in American journal of botany (01-02-2009)“…Fossil leaves of two Early Miocene orchids (Dendrobium and Earina) are reported from New Zealand. The distinctive, raised tetra- to cyclocytic stomatal…”
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An Akania (Akaniaceae) inflorescence with associated pollen from the early Miocene of New Zealand
Published in American journal of botany (01-02-2019)“…Premise of the Study An Akania‐like inflorescence, including flowers with in situ pollen was recovered from the remarkable Konservat‐Lagerstätte lacustrine…”
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early Miocene paleolake Manuherikia: vegetation heterogeneity and warm-temperate to subtropical climate in southern New Zealand
Published in Journal of paleolimnology (01-04-2015)“…The Manuherikia Group in southern New Zealand represents terrestrial sediments associated with a large paleolake, Lake Manuherikia, formed during a period of…”
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TESTING THE BIASES IN THE RICH CENOZOIC ANGIOSPERM MACROFOSSIL RECORD
Published in International journal of plant sciences (01-05-2016)“…The Cenozoic fossil record is crucial for understanding the evolution of the remarkably high diversity of angiosperms. However, the quality and biases of the…”
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PATTERNS OF UNREPAIRED SHELL DAMAGE IN RECENT BRACHIOPODS FROM FIORDLAND (NEW ZEALAND)
Published in Rivista italiana di paleontologia e stratigrafia (01-11-2019)“…In order to provide quantitative data concerning patterns of shell breakage and repair in rhynchonelliform brachiopods, we studied undisturbed death…”
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High-frequency paleoclimate signals from Foulden Maar, Waipiata Volcanic Field, southern New Zealand: An Early Miocene varved lacustrine diatomite deposit
Published in Sedimentary geology (01-12-2009)“…A freshwater diatomite deposit near Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand provides an exceptional archive of mid-latitude, seasonal climate variation during…”
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Palynology of the early Miocene Foulden Maar, Otago, New Zealand: Diversity following destruction
Published in Review of palaeobotany and palynology (01-05-2014)“…Foulden Maar crater in Otago, southern New Zealand contains a thick sequence of earliest Miocene (~23Ma) biogenic lacustrine sediments that have preserved a…”
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First insects from the Manuherikia Group, early Miocene, New Zealand
Published in Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand (02-10-2019)“…The Miocene Manuherikia Group in southern New Zealand is well known for its diverse assemblage of plant, invertebrate and vertebrate fossils. Here, we report…”
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Elevated CO2, increased leaf-level productivity, and water-use efficiency during the early Miocene
Published in Climate of the past (20-08-2020)“…Rising atmospheric CO2 is expected to increase global temperatures, plant water-use efficiency, and carbon storage in the terrestrial biosphere. A CO2…”
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Hedycarya macrofossils and associated Planarpollenites pollen from the early Miocene of New Zealand
Published in American journal of botany (01-05-2016)“…PREMISE OF THE STUDY: The history of the basal angiosperm family Monimiaceae is based largely on fossil wood and leaf and floral fossils of uncertain affinity…”
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Pterostoma neehoffii (cf. Zamiaceae): a new species of extinct cycad from the middle Miocene of New Zealand and an overview of fossil New Zealand cycads
Published in New Zealand journal of botany (02-01-2020)“…A fossil cycad pinna fragment with dichotomising and anastomosing venation and cuticular preservation from the middle Miocene Hindon Maar deposits, Otago, New…”
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Otoliths reveal diverse fish communities in Late Oligocene estuarine to deep-water paleoenvironments in southern Zealandia
Published in New Zealand journal of geology and geophysics (02-10-2017)“…Fish otoliths are essential tools for reconstructing fossil teleost faunas. Here, we describe otoliths from estuarine to deep-water Late Oligocene localities…”
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A new Miocene fern (Palaeosorum: Polypodiaceae) from New Zealand bearing in situ spores of Polypodiisporites
Published in New Zealand journal of botany (02-01-2019)“…A new species of fossil fern with in situ spores, Palaeosorum waipiata (Polypodiaceae), is described and figured for a microsoroid fern frond from earliest…”
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