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Plant Fossil from Port Waikato, NZ.

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Hi all,

 

On a recent trip to the seaside cliffs of Port Waikato, NZ, I found this little beauty amongst the indistinguishable fossilised plant matter that is common along the beach. Does anyone have an idea of what it might be? According to geological maps, the area that I found this in was a part of the Apotu group (Late Jurassic), although could of also been from the nearby Huriwai group.

 

Cheers,

TJ

 

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abyssunder Regular Member

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Maybe Cladophlebis patagonica ?

 

 

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comparative picture from here

 

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nice specimen

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That’s a beautiful plant, nice find!

“...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin

Happy hunting,

Mason

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Beautiful little piece. 

I love New Zealand. It is such an interesting, diverse and lovely place. I visited the North and South Islands for 2 weeks many years ago. It is such a beautiful place. I was especially fond of the tree ferns there.

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