BSc PhD(Otago)
Paleobotany, Paleontology and Paleoecology
Google Scholar: Daphne E. Lee
Email daphne.lee@otago.ac.nz
Tel +64 3 479 7525
Office – Geology 1S11
Research interests
- Cenozoic paleobotany and paleoclimate
- Cenozoic invertebrate paleontology
- Brachiopoda
- Cenozoic stratigraphy
Foulden Maar
A paleontological site of international significance, Foulden Maar in Otago, New Zealand is home to an amazing record of life on Earth.
Formed by a volcanic eruption 23 million years ago, the maar’s undisturbed sedimentary layers are the resting places for countless rare, well-preserved fossils. The site is unsurpassed in the southern hemisphere as a scientific record of changing life and ecosystems at the beginning of the Miocene. Although excavations have been limited to an area the size of a tennis court, Daphne and colleagues have discovered hundreds of undescribed species. The sediments are rich in fossil flowers, fruits, seeds, pollen, and bark from plants, as well as fungi, fish, insects and spiders.
For further information see the publications listed below and the book: Fossil Treasures of Foulden Maar.
Publications
Kaulfuss, U., Bannister, J. M., Conran, J. G., Kennedy, E. M., Mildenhall, D. C., & Lee, D. E. (2023). Flowers, inflorescences and pollen from the Foulden and Hindon Konservat-Lagerstätten: Miocene biodiversity, ecology and pollination in New Zealand. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 310, 104830. doi: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2022.104830
Thomas, D. B., & Lee, D. E. (Eds.). (2022). R. Ewan Fordyce: Tributes from a global community. Wellington, New Zealand: Geoscience Society of New Zealand, 92p.
Lee, D. E. (2022). A great legacy of fossil treasures. In D. B. Thomas & D. E. Lee (Eds.), R. Ewan Fordyce: Tributes from a global community. (pp. 3-4). Wellington, New Zealand: Geoscience Society of New Zealand.
Wu, Y., Robinson, J., Lee, D., & Brenna, M. (2022). Geological setting and early oligocene invertebrate fauna at McDonald's Quarry, Kakanui, New Zealand. In A. V. Zernack & J. Palmer (Eds.), Geoscience Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication. 161A, (pp. 313). Wellington, New Zealand: Geoscience Society of New Zealand. [Abstract]
Lee, D., Kaulfuss, U., & Conran, J. (2022). Fossil treasures of Foulden Maar: A window into Miocene Zealandia. Dunedin, New Zealand: Otago University Press, 216p.
Lee, D., Kaulfuss, U., & Conran, J. (2022). Fossil treasures of Foulden Maar: A window into Miocene Zealandia. Dunedin, New Zealand: Otago University Press, 216p.
Authored Book - Research
Thomas, D. B., & Lee, D. E. (Eds.). (2022). R. Ewan Fordyce: Tributes from a global community. Wellington, New Zealand: Geoscience Society of New Zealand, 92p.
Edited Book - Other
Lee, W. G., & Lee, D. E. (2015). New Zealand: A land apart. In A. Stow, N. McLean & G. I. Holwell (Eds.), Austral ark: The state of wildlife in Australia and New Zealand. (pp. 24-44). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Chapter in Book - Research
Lee, D. E., MacKinnon, D. I., & Smirnova, T. N. (2007). Terebratulidina. In P. A. Selden (Ed.), Treatise on invertebrate paleontology: Part H: Brachiopoda: Revised (Vol. 6, Suppl). (pp. 2801-2816). Boulder, CO & Lawrence, KS: Geological Society of America and the University of Kansas.
Chapter in Book - Research
Lee, D. E. (2006). Dyscolioidea. In R. L. Kaesler (Ed.), Treatise on invertebrate paleontology: Part H, Brachiopoda, Revised: Volume 5: Rhynchonelliformea (part). (pp. 2136-2144). Boulder, CO & Lawrence, KS: Geological Society of America and the University of Kansas.
Chapter in Book - Research
Lee, D. E. (2006). Stringocephaloidea. In R. L. Kaesler (Ed.), Treatise on invertebrate paleontology: Part H, Brachiopoda, Revised: Volume 5: Rhynchonelliformea (part). (pp. 1994-2018). Boulder, CO & Lawrence, KS: Geological Society of America and the University of Kansas.
Chapter in Book - Research
Lee, D. E., & MacKinnon, D. I. (2006). Introduction. In R. L. Kaesler (Ed.), Treatise on invertebrate paleontology: Part H, Brachiopoda, Revised: Volume 5: Rhynchonelliformea (part). (pp. 1965-1973). Boulder, CO & Lawrence, KS: Geological Society of America and the University of Kansas.
Chapter in Book - Research
Lee, D. E., & MacKinnon, D. I. (2006). Kraussinoidea. In R. L. Kaesler (Ed.), Treatise on invertebrate paleontology: Part H, Brachiopoda, Revised: Volume 5: Rhynchonelliformea (part). (pp. 2245-2246). Boulder, CO & Lawrence, KS: Geological Society of America and the University of Kansas.
Chapter in Book - Research
Lee, D. E., & Smirnova, T. N. (2006). Terebratuloidea. In R. L. Kaesler (Ed.), Treatise on invertebrate paleontology: Part H, Brachiopoda, Revised: Volume 5: Rhynchonelliformea (part). (pp. 2054-2081). Boulder, CO & Lawrence, KS: Geological Society of America and the University of Kansas.
Chapter in Book - Research
Lee, D. E., & Tchorszhevsky, E. S. (2006). Nomenclatorial Note. In R. L. Kaesler (Ed.), Treatise on invertebrate paleontology: Part H, Brachiopoda, Revised: Volume 5: Rhynchonelliformea (part). (pp. 2255). Boulder, CO & Lawrence, KS: Geological Society of America and the University of Kansas.
Chapter in Book - Research
Lee, D. E., & Yu-gan, J. (2006). Nomenclatorial Note. In R. L. Kaesler (Ed.), Treatise on invertebrate paleontology: Part H, Brachiopoda, Revised: Volume 5: Rhynchonelliformea (part). (pp. 2254). Boulder, CO & Lawrence, KS: Geological Society of America and the University of Kansas.
Chapter in Book - Research
Lee, D. E., Dagys, A. S., Smirnova, T. N., Dong-Li, S., & Yu-gan, J. (2006). Terebratulidina. In R. L. Kaesler (Ed.), Treatise on invertebrate paleontology: Part H, Brachiopoda, Revised: Volume 5: Rhynchonelliformea (part). (pp. 1994). Boulder, CO & Lawrence, KS: Geological Society of America and the University of Kansas.
Chapter in Book - Research
Lee, D. E., MacKinnon, D. I., & Smirnova, T. N. (2006). Megothyridoidea. In R. L. Kaesler (Ed.), Treatise on invertebrate paleontology: Part H, Brachiopoda, Revised: Volume 5: Rhynchonelliformea (part). (pp. 2217-2222). Boulder, CO & Lawrence, KS: Geological Society of America and the University of Kansas.
Chapter in Book - Research
Lee, D. E., MacKinnon, D. I., Smirnova, T. N., Baker, P. G., Yu-gan, J., & Dong-Li, S. (2006). Terebratulida. In R. L. Kaesler (Ed.), Treatise on invertebrate paleontology: Part H, Brachiopoda, Revised: Volume 5: Rhynchonelliformea (part). (pp. 1965). Boulder, CO & Lawrence, KS: Geological Society of America and the University of Kansas.
Chapter in Book - Research
Lee, D. E., Smirnova, T. N., & Dagys, A. S. (2006). Loboidothyridoidea. In R. L. Kaesler (Ed.), Treatise on invertebrate paleontology: Part H, Brachiopoda, Revised: Volume 5: Rhynchonelliformea (part). (pp. 2082-2135). Boulder, CO & Lawrence, KS: Geological Society of America and the University of Kansas.
Chapter in Book - Research
Lee, D. E., Smirnova, T. N., & Dong-Li, S. (2006). Cancellothyridoidea. In R. L. Kaesler (Ed.), Treatise on invertebrate paleontology: Part H, Brachiopoda, Revised: Volume 5: Rhynchonelliformea (part). (pp. 2145-2162). Boulder, CO & Lawrence, KS: Geological Society of America and the University of Kansas.
Chapter in Book - Research
MacKinnon, D. I., & Lee, D. E. (2006). Bouchardioidea. In R. L. Kaesler (Ed.), Treatise on invertebrate paleontology: Part H, Brachiopoda, Revised: Volume 5: Rhynchonelliformea (part). (pp. 2223-2224). Boulder, CO & Lawrence, KS: Geological Society of America and the University of Kansas.
Chapter in Book - Research
MacKinnon, D. I., & Lee, D. E. (2006). Laqueoidea. In R. L. Kaesler (Ed.), Treatise on invertebrate paleontology: Part H, Brachiopoda, Revised: Volume 5: Rhynchonelliformea (part). (pp. 2201-2216). Boulder, CO & Lawrence, KS: Geological Society of America and the University of Kansas.
Chapter in Book - Research
MacKinnon, D. I., & Lee, D. E. (2006). Loop morphology and terminology in Terebratulida. In R. L. Kaesler (Ed.), Treatise on invertebrate paleontology: Part H, Brachiopoda, Revised: Volume 5: Rhynchonelliformea (part). (pp. 1974-1993). Boulder, CO & Lawrence, KS: Geological Society of America and the University of Kansas.
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MacKinnon, D. I., & Lee, D. E. (2006). Platidioidea. In R. L. Kaesler (Ed.), Treatise on invertebrate paleontology: Part H, Brachiopoda, Revised: Volume 5: Rhynchonelliformea (part). (pp. 2225-2228). Boulder, CO & Lawrence, KS: Geological Society of America and the University of Kansas.
Chapter in Book - Research
MacKinnon, D. I., & Lee, D. E. (2006). Terebratelloidea. In R. L. Kaesler (Ed.), Treatise on invertebrate paleontology: Part H, Brachiopoda, Revised: Volume 5: Rhynchonelliformea (part). (pp. 2229-2244). Boulder, CO & Lawrence, KS: Geological Society of America and the University of Kansas.
Chapter in Book - Research
MacKinnon, D. I., Lee, D. E., Baker, P. G., Smirnova, T. N., Dagys, A. S., & Dong-Li, S. (2006). Terebratellidina. In R. L. Kaesler (Ed.), Treatise on invertebrate paleontology: Part H, Brachiopoda, Revised: Volume 5: Rhynchonelliformea (part). (pp. 2163). Boulder, CO & Lawrence, KS: Geological Society of America and the University of Kansas.
Chapter in Book - Research
MacKinnon, D. I., Smirnova, T. N., & Lee, D. E. (2006). Kingenoidea. In R. L. Kaesler (Ed.), Treatise on invertebrate paleontology: Part H, Brachiopoda, Revised: Volume 5: Rhynchonelliformea (part). (pp. 2189-2200). Boulder, CO & Lawrence, KS: Geological Society of America and the University of Kansas.
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Yu-gan, J., & Lee, D. E. (2006). Cryptonelloidea. In R. L. Kaesler (Ed.), Treatise on invertebrate paleontology: Part H, Brachiopoda, Revised: Volume 5: Rhynchonelliformea (part). (pp. 2019-2028). Boulder, CO & Lawrence, KS: Geological Society of America and the University of Kansas.
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Yu-gan, J., & Lee, D. E. (2006). Uncertain. In R. L. Kaesler (Ed.), Treatise on invertebrate paleontology: Part H, Brachiopoda, Revised: Volume 5: Rhynchonelliformea (part). (pp. 2248). Boulder, CO & Lawrence, KS: Geological Society of America and the University of Kansas.
Chapter in Book - Research
Yu-gan, J., & Lee, D. E. (2006). Uncertain. In R. L. Kaesler (Ed.), Treatise on invertebrate paleontology: Part H, Brachiopoda, Revised: Volume 5: Rhynchonelliformea (part). (pp. 2252). Boulder, CO & Lawrence, KS: Geological Society of America and the University of Kansas.
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Yu-gan, J., Lee, D. E., Dong-Li, S., Smirnova, T. N., Dagys, A. S., & Sandy, M. R. (2006). Dielasmatoidea. In R. L. Kaesler (Ed.), Treatise on invertebrate paleontology: Part H, Brachiopoda, Revised: Volume 5: Rhynchonelliformea (part). (pp. 2029-2053). Boulder, CO & Lawrence, KS: Geological Society of America and the University of Kansas.
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Lee, D. E., Carlson, S. J., Buening, N., & Samson, C. R. (2001). Variation in the loops of two recent species of Liothyrella (Brachiopoda; Terebratuloidea) from New Zealand and South Orkney Islands. In C. H. C. Brunton, L. R. M. Cocks & S. L. Long (Eds.), Brachiopods past and present. (pp. 56-70). London: Taylor & Francis.
Chapter in Book - Research
Lee, D. E. (2022). A great legacy of fossil treasures. In D. B. Thomas & D. E. Lee (Eds.), R. Ewan Fordyce: Tributes from a global community. (pp. 3-4). Wellington, New Zealand: Geoscience Society of New Zealand.
Chapter in Book - Other
Kaulfuss, U., Bannister, J. M., Conran, J. G., Kennedy, E. M., Mildenhall, D. C., & Lee, D. E. (2023). Flowers, inflorescences and pollen from the Foulden and Hindon Konservat-Lagerstätten: Miocene biodiversity, ecology and pollination in New Zealand. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 310, 104830. doi: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2022.104830
Journal - Research Article
Reichgelt, T., Lee, W. G., & Lee, D. E. (2022). The extinction of Miocene broad-leaved deciduous Nothofagaceae and loss of seasonal forest biomes in New Zealand. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2022.104779
Journal - Research Article
Conran, J. G., Bannister, J. M., Kaulfuss, U., & Lee, D. E. (2020). Pterostoma neehoffii (cf. Zamiaceae): A new species of extinct cycad from the middle Miocene of New Zealand and an overview of fossil New Zealand cycads. New Zealand Journal of Botany, 58(1), 30-47. doi: 10.1080/0028825X.2019.1653939
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Reichgelt, T., D'Andrea, W. J., Valdivia-McCarthy, A. C., Fox, B. R. S., Bannister, J. M., Conran, J. G., … Lee, D. E. (2020). Elevated CO2, increased leaf-level productivity, and water-use efficiency during the early Miocene. Climate of the Past, 16(4), 1509-1521. doi: 10.5194/cp-16-1509-2020
Journal - Research Article
Conran, J. G., Kaulfuss, U., Bannister, J. M., Mildenhall, D. C., & Lee, D. E. (2019). An Akania (Akaniaceae) inflorescence with associated pollen from the early Miocene of New Zealand. American Journal of Botany, 106(2), 1-11. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1236
Journal - Research Article
Harper, E. M., Lamare, M. D., & Lee, D. E. (2019). Patterns of unrepaired shell damage in recent brachiopods from Fiordland (New Zealand). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 125(3), 669-677. doi: 10.13130/2039-4942/12170
Journal - Research Article
Harper, M. A., van de Vijver, B., Kaulfuss, U., & Lee, D. E. (2019). Resolving the confusion between two fossil freshwater diatoms from Otago, New Zealand: Encyonema jordanii and Encyonema jordaniforme (Cymbellaceae, Bacillariophyta). Phytotaxa, 394(4), 231-243. doi: 10.11646/phytotaxa.394.4.1
Journal - Research Article
Kaulfuss, U., Brown, S. D. J., Henderson, I. M., Szwedo, J., & Lee, D. E. (2019). First insects from the Manuherikia Group, early Miocene, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 49(4), 494-507. doi: 10.1080/03036758.2018.1477054
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Kaulfuss, U., Conran, J. G., Bannister, J. M., Mildenhall, D. C., & Lee, D. E. (2019). A new Miocene fern (Palaeosorum: Polypodiaceae) from New Zealand bearing in situ spores of Polypodiisporites. New Zealand Journal of Botany, 57(1), 2-17. doi: 10.1080/0028825X.2018.1560336
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Reichgelt, T., Kennedy, E. M., Conran, J. G., Lee, W. G., & Lee, D. E. (2019). The presence of moisture deficits in Miocene New Zealand. Global & Planetary Change, 172, 268-277. doi: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2018.10.013
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Kaulfuss, U., Lee, D. E., Wartho, J.-A., Bowie, E., Lindqvist, J. K., Conran, J. G., Bannister, J. M., … Gorman, A. R. (2018). Geology and palaeontology of the Hindon Maar Complex: A Miocene terrestrial fossil Lagerstätte in southern New Zealand. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 500, 52-68. doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.03.022
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Mildenhall, D. C., Conran, J. G., Kennedy, E. M., Lee, D. E., Bannister, J. M., Lindqvist, J. K., & Ferguson, D. K. (2018). Palynology of the late Oligocene–early Miocene Newvale Mine, Gore Lignite Measures, Southland, New Zealand. Palaeontographica, Abt. B: Palaeobotany – Palaeophytology, 298(1-3), 23-91. doi: 10.1127/palb/2018/0060
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Schmidt, A. R., Kaulfuss, U., Bannister, J. M., Baranov, V., Beimforde, C., Bleile, N., … Lindqvist, J. K., … Lee, D. E. (2018). Amber inclusions from New Zealand. Gondwana Research, 56, 135-146. doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2017.12.003
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Vanner, M. R., Conran, J. G., Bannister, J. M., & Lee, D. E. (2018). Cenozoic conifer wood from the Gore Lignite Measures, Southland, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany, 56(3), 291-310. doi: 10.1080/0028825X.2018.1480049
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Ayress, M., Robinson, J., & Lee, D. (2017). Mid-Cenozoic ostracod biostratigraphic range extensions and taxonomic notes on selected species from a new Oligocene (Duntroonian–Waitakian) fauna from southern New Zealand. Alcheringa, 41(4), 487-498. doi: 10.1080/03115518.2017.1297483
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Conran, J. G., Jackson, J. A., Lee, D. E., & Kennedy, E. M. (2017). Gleichenia-like Korallipteris alineae sp. nov. macrofossils (Polypodiophyta) from the Miocene Landslip Hill silcrete, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany, 55(3), 258-275. doi: 10.1080/0028825X.2017.1317278
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Fox, B. R. S., D'Andrea, W. J., Wilson, G. S., Lee, D. E., & Wartho, J.-A. (2017). Interaction of polar and tropical influences in the mid-latitudes of the Southern Hemisphere during the Mi-1 deglaciation. Global & Planetary Change, 155, 109-120. doi: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2017.06.008
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Jones, D. A., Wilson, G. S., Gorman, A. R., Fox, B. R. S., Lee, D. E., & Kaulfuss, U. (2017). A drill-hole calibrated geophysical characterisation of the 23 Ma Foulden Maar stratigraphic sequence, Otago, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology & Geophysics, 60(4), 465-477. doi: 10.1080/00288306.2017.1369130
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Möller, A. L., Kaulfuss, U., Lee, D. E., & Wappler, T. (2017). High richness of insect herbivory from the early Miocene Hindon Maar crater, Otago, New Zealand. PeerJ, 5, e2985. doi: 10.7717/peerj.2985
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Schwarzhans, W., Lee, D. E., & Gard, H. J. L. (2017). Otoliths reveal diverse fish communities in Late Oligocene estuarine to deep-water paleoenvironments in southern Zealandia. New Zealand Journal of Geology & Geophysics, 60(4), 433-464. doi: 10.1080/00288306.2017.1365734
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Bannister, J. M., Conran, J. G., & Lee, D. E. (2016). Life on the phylloplane: Eocene epiphyllous fungi from Pikopiko Fossil Forest, Southland, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany, 1. doi: 10.1080/0028825X.2016.1208252
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