| 词条 | Araucaria haastii |
| 释义 |
| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Cretaceous}} |genus=Araucaria |species=haastii |parent=Araucaria sect. Intermedia |authority=Ettingshausen (1887) |extinct=yes }} Araucaria haastii is an extinct species of conifer tree formerly native to New Zealand. A large number of fossilised tree specimens from the Araucariaceae family have been found in New Zealand, but in many cases the level of preservation is not sufficient to reliably distinguish between Araucaria species (related to extant modern trees such as the Norfolk pine) and Agathis species (related to New Zealand's iconic Kauri tree). Araucaria haastii is known from some of the better preserved fossils, found in Cretaceous sediments from several sites in the South Island. These fossils show sufficiently detailed morphology and cuticular structure in the leaves to allow this species not only to be definitively identified as an Araucaria, but also to place it within the Intermedia section of this genus, meaning that its closest living relative is the Klinki pine found in the mountains of Papua New Guinea. North Island fossil specimens from the same time period appear to be from a closely related but slightly distinct species of Araucaria, though the relatively poorer quality of the fossils means that the identification is not so precise. Related species of tree are also known from fossils found in Tasmania and South America, reflecting the broad Gondwanan distribution of the Araucariaceae family.[1][2][3][4]See also
References1. ^Edwards BA. Cretaceous Plants from Kaipara, NZ. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. Vol. 56. 1926. 2. ^Bose MN. Araucaria haastii Ettingshausen from Shag Point, New Zealand. Palaeobotanist (1973). 3. ^Stockey RA. The Araucariaceae: An evolutionary perspective. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 1982, 37(1-2):133-154. doi: 10.1016/0034-6667(82)90041-0 4. ^ Pole M. The record of Araucariaceae macrofossils in New Zealand. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 2008; 32(4): 405-426. doi: 10.1080/03115510802417935 6 : Araucaria|Prehistoric plants|Cretaceous plants|Extinct plants of New Zealand|Plants described in 1887|Mesozoic trees |
| 随便看 |
|
开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识，基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识，是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。