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Types of fossil spores and pollen. Left, top, spore of the large black tree-fern, Cyathea medullaris (Forst. f.) Swartz, found from the Upper Pliocene to the present day; bottom, spore (type specimen) of Osmundacidites wellmanii Couper, a fern, Jurassic to Cretaceous. Right, top, pollen of Nothofagus cranwellae Couper, beech no

Types of fossil spores and pollen. Left, top, spore of the large black tree-fern, Cyathea medullaris (Forst. f.) Swartz, found from the Upper Pliocene to the present day; bottom, spore (type specimen) of Osmundacidites wellmanii Couper, a fern, Jurassic to Cretaceous. Right, top, pollen of Nothofagus cranwellae Couper, beech no

Types of fossil spores and pollen. Left, top, spore of the large black tree-fern, Cyathea medullaris (Forst. f.) Swartz, found from the Upper Pliocene to the present day; bottom, spore (type specimen) of Osmundacidites wellmanii Couper, a fern, Jurassic to Cretaceous. Right, top, pollen of Nothofagus cranwellae Couper, beech no



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