Glossopteris Discovered in West Antarctica
- 30 April 1965
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 148 (3670) , 634-637
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.148.3670.634
Abstract
Leaf impressions from the Polarstar Formation in the northern Ellsworth Mountains are the first Glossopteris and the oldest identifiable plant fossils reported from West Antarctica. Their occurrence in a thick, probably marine, geosynclinal sequence in close association with coals and probable glacial deposits increases the similarity between the late Paleozoic history of Antarctica and the other southern continents.Keywords
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