| Abstract |
The presence of Glyphea christeyi n. sp. in the
Waihao Greensand, exposed along the Opihi River, South
Canterbury, marks the geologically youngest occurrence of
the genus in New Zealand and, perhaps, in the world. The
only other Eocene report of Glyphea von Meyer is from
Antarctica, also a high latitude occurrence. This discovery
reinforces our contention that the sole extant member of the
family, Neoglyphea inopinata Forest & de Saint Laurent,
1975, was derived from a species of Glyphea in the South
Pacific region. |
