Australasian Cretaceous to Pliocene floras

  • Various collaborators on an ad hoc basis, principally John Conran (University of Adelaide; e.g., Greenwood et al. 2024; Greenwood & Conran 2024), and Tammo Reichgelt (University of Connecticut; e.g., Reichgelt et al. 2022).

Relevant group publications (* = postdoc, graduate student or comparable HQP):

  1. Greenwood DR, Conran JG. 2024. A fossil pinnate palm (Areaceae subfam. Arecoideae) from Island Lagoon, in the arid zone of South Australia. Historical Biology, online ahead of print, doi: 10.1080/08912963.2024.2403591 Open Access 
  2. Greenwood DR, Conran JG, West CK. 2024. A Cycas L. (Cycadaceae) leaf from the Miocene of northern South Australia. International Journal of Plant Sciences (not yet available)
  3. Sluiter IRK, Reichgelt T, Schultz N, Holdgate GR, Greenwood DR. 2022. A new perspective on Late Eocene and Oligocene vegetation and paleoclimates of South-eastern Australia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 596: 110985, doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2022.110985.
  4. Reichgelt T, Greenwood DR, Steinig S, Conran JG, Scriven LJ, Zhu J, Hutchinson DK, Lunt DJ. 2022. Plant proxy evidence for high rainfall and productivity in the Eocene of Australia. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 37(6): e2022PA004418 (DeepMIP special issue: Huber M & Lunt DJ, Eds), doi: 10.1029/2022PA004418.
  5. Greenwood DR, Keefe* RL, Reichgelt* T, Webb JA. 2017. Palaeobotanical altimetry of Eocene strata in Victoria’s Eastern Uplands. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 64(5): 625 − 637, doi: 10.1080/08120099.2017.1318793. [URL]
  6. Fletcher* TL, Greenwood DR, Moss PT, Salisbury SW. 2014. Paleoclimate of the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Turonian) portion of the Winton Formation, central-western Queensland, Australia: new observations based on CLAMP and bioclimatic analysis. Palaios, 29(3): 121 – 128, doi: 10.2110/palo.2013.080
  7. Greenwood DR, Hill CR, and Conran JG. 2013. Prumnopitys anglica sp. nov. (Podocarpaceae) leaves from the Eocene of England. Taxon, 62(3): 565 – 580.
  8. Reichgelt* T, Kennedy EM, Mildenhall DC, Conran JG, Greenwood DR, and Lee DE. 2013. Quantitative palaeoclimate estimates for Early Miocene southern New Zealand: evidence from Foulden Maar. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 378: 36 – 44, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.03.019 (PDF download requires subscription)
  9. Greenwood DR, Herold* N, Huber M, Müller RD, and Seton M. 2012. Forum Reply. Early to middle Miocene monsoon climate in Australia. Geology, 40 (6): e274. doi:10.1130/G33384Y.1 Open Access
  10. Herold* N, Huber M, Greenwood DR, Müller RD, and Seton M. 2011. Early to middle Miocene monsoon climate in Australia. Geology, 39(1): 3 – 6. doi: 10.1130/G31208.1 PDF open access
  11. Basinger JF, Greenwood DR, Wilson PG, and Christophel DC. 2007. Fossil flowers and fruits of capsular Myrtaceae from the Eocene of South Australia. Canadian Journal of Botany, 85(2): 204 – 215. DOI: 10.1139/B07-001 Email me for a PDF.
  12. Gallagher SJ, Greenwood DR, Taylor D, Smith AJ, Wallace MW, and Holdgate GR. 2003. The Pliocene climatic and environmental evolution of southeastern Australia: evidence from the marine and terrestrial realm. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 193: 349 – 382. DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(03)00231-1 PDF