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Pollen from deep-sea drilling sites on the Ninetyeast Ridge which reflects island floras that flourished in the Palaeocene and Oligocene, shows pronounced similarity to Australian and New Zealand early Tertiary floras. Although they were closer to southern landmasses during the Tertiary, these islands were truly oceanic, and their colonisation occurred through long-distance dispersal mechanisms.
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Kemp, E., Harris, W. The vegetation of Tertiary islands on the Ninetyeast Ridge. Nature 258, 303–307 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1038/258303a0
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