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Dr David Cantrill

Divisional Director Plant Sciences and Biodiversity/Chief Botanist

David Cantrill is Chief Botanist at the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne and Director of the National Herbarium of Victoria. He has worked extensively in the Antarctic but more recently in South Africa and New Zealand. His research interests focus on the origins of the Southern Hemisphere flora and the development of biogeographic patterns across this region.

2006

Cantrill, D.J. & Isbell, J.I. (in press). Antarctic Correlation Charts. In: Anderson, J.M. Anderson H.M. & Cleal C.J. (Eds) A Brief History of the Gymnosperms: classification, biodiversity, phytogeography and ecology. Strelitzia

Cleal, C.J., Rees, P.M., Zijlstra, G. & Cantrill, D.J. (2006). A clarification of the type of the morphogenus Nilssoniopteris Nathorst (Gymnospermophyta, Bennettitales, fossiles). Taxon 55: 219-222.

Hayes, P., Francis, J.E., Cantrill, D.J. & Crame, J.A. (2006). Palaeoclimate analysis of mid Cretaceous angiosperm leaf floras, James Ross Island, Antarctica. In Francis, J.E., Pirrie, D. & Crame, J.A. (Eds) Cretaceous - Tertiary high-latitude palaeoenvironments, James Ross Basin, Antarctica. Geological Society of London Special Publication 258: 49-62.

Hunter, M.A., Cantrill, D.J. & Flowerdew, M. (2006). Latest Jurassic - earliest Cretaceous age for a fossil flora from the Latady Basin, Antarctic Peninsula. Antarctic Science 18: 261-264.

Hunter, M.A., Riley, T.R., Cantrill, D.J., Flowerdew, M.J. & Millar, I.L. (in press). A new stratigraphy for the Latady Basin, Antarctica Part 1. Ellsworth Land Volcanic Group. Geological Magazine

Macphail, M.K. & Cantrill D.J. (in press). Age and implications of the Forest Bed, Falkland Islands, southwest Atlantic: evidence from fossil pollen and spores. Palaeogeography, Palaeoecology, Palaeoclimatology

Nagalingum, N.S. & Cantrill, D.J. (2006). Early Cretaceous Gleicheniaceae and Matoniacae (Gleicheniales) from Alexander Island, Antarctica. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 138: 73-93.

Poole, I. & Cantrill, D.J. (2006). Cretaceous and Tertiary vegetation of Antarctica implications from the fossil wood record. In: Francis, J.E., Pirrie, D. & Crame, J.A. (Eds) Cretaceous - Tertiary high-latitude palaeoenvironments, James Ross Basin, Antarctica. Geological Society of London, Special Publication 258: 63-81.

2005

Cantrill, D.J. & Hunter, M.A. (2005). Macrofossil floras from the Latady Basin. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 48: 537-553.

Cantrill, D.J. & Nagalingum, N.S. (2005). Ferns from the Cretaceous of Alexander Island, Antarctica: implications for Cretaceous phytogeography of the Southern Hemisphere. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 137: 83-103.

Cantrill, D.J. & Poole, I. (2005). Taxonomic turnover and abundance in Cretaceous to Tertiary wood floras of Antarctica: implications for changes in forest ecology. Palaeogeography, Palaeoecology, Palaeoclimatology 215: 205-219.

Cantrill, D.J. & Poole, I. (2005). A new Eocene Araucaria from Seymour Island, Antarctica: evidence for growth form and bark morphology. Alcheringa 29: 341-350.

Gibbard, P.L., Smith, A.G., Zalasiewicz, J.A., Barry, T.L., Cantrill D.J., Cope, J.C.W., Gale, A.S., Powell, J.H. & Rawson, P.R. (2005). What status for the Quaternary? Boreas 34: 1-6.

Hunter, M.A., Cantrill, D.J., Flowerdew, M. & Millar, I.L. (2005). Middle Jurassic age for the Botany Bay Group implications for Weddell Sea creation and southern hemisphere Biostratigraphy. Journal of the Geological Society of London 162: 745-748

Poole, I., Cantrill, D.J. & Utescher, T. (2005). A multi-proxy approach to determine Antarctic terrestrial palaeoclimate during the Late Cretaceous and early Tertiary. Palaeogeography, Palaeoecology, Palaeoclimatology 222: 95-121.

2004

Ashworth, A.C. & Cantrill, D.J., 2004. Neogene vegetation of the Meyer Desert Formation (Sirus Group) Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica. Palaeogeography, Palaeoecology, Palaeoclimatology 213: 65-82

Crame, J.A., Francis, J.E., Cantrill, D.J. & Pirrie, D. (2004). Maastrichtian stratigraphy of Antarctica. Cretaceous Research 26: 411-423.

Eklund, H., Cantrill, D.J. Francis, J.E. (2004). Late Cretaceous mesofossil assemblage from Table Nunatak Antarctica. Cretaceous Research 26: 211-228.

Poole, I., Van Berben, P.F., Kool, J., Schouten, S., Cantrill, D.J. (2004). Molecular isotopic heterogeneity of fossil organic matter: implications for ä¹³C_biomass and ä¹³C_{palaeoatmosphere} proxies. Organic Geochemistry 35: 1261-1274.

2003

Poole, I., Mennega, A.M.W., & Cantrill, D.J. (2003). Valdivian ecosystems in the Late Cretaceous and early Tertiary of Antarctica: further evidence from myrtaceous, eucryphiaceous fossil wood. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 124: 9-27.

2002

Cantrill, D.J. & Poole, I.P. (2002). Cretaceous to Tertiary patterns of diversity change in the Antarctic Peninsula. In: Owens A. & Crame, J.A. (eds). Palaeobiogeography and Biodiversity Change: a comparison of the Ordovician and Mesozoic-Cenozoic radiations. Geological Society of London Special Publication 194: 141-152.

Falcon-Lang, H.J. & Cantrill, D.J. (2002). Terrestrial palaeoecology of the Cretaceous (Early Aptian) Cerro Negro Formation, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. A record of polar vegetation in a volcanic arc environment. Palaios 17: 535-549.

Nichols, G.J. & Cantrill, D.J. (2002). Sedimentology and revised stratigraphy of the upper part of a Mesozoic forearc basin succession, Alexander Island, Antarctica. Geological Magazine 139: 313-330.

2001

Cantrill, D.J. (2001). Cretaceous high-latitude terrestrial ecosystems: an example from Alexander Island, Antarctica. Asociacion Paleontologica Argentina Publicacion Especial 7: 39-44.

Cantrill, D.J. (2001). Early Oligocene Nothofagus from CRP-3, Antarctica: implications for the vegetation history. Terra Antarctica 8: 401-406.

Cantrill, D.J. & Falcon-Lang, H.J. (2001). Cretaceous (Late Albian) Coniferales of Alexander Island, Antarctica. 2. Foliage, reproductive structures and roots. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 115: 119-145.

Falcon-Lang, H.J. & Cantrill, D.J. (2001. Leaf phenology of mid-Cretaceous polar conifers, Alexander Island, Antarctica. Geological Magazine 138: 39-52.

Falcon-Lang, H.J. & Cantrill, D.J. 2001. Gymnosperm woods from the Cretaceous (mid-Aptian) Cerro Negro Formation, Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, Antarctica: the arborescent vegetation of a volcanic arc. Cretaceous Research 22: 277-293.

Falcon-Lang, H.J., Cantrill, D.J. & Nichols, G.J. 2001. Biodiversity and terrestrial ecology of a mid-Cretaceous, high latitude floodplain, Alexander Island, Antarctica. Journal of the Geological Society London 158: 709-724.

Howe, J. & Cantrill, D.J. 2001. Palaeoecology and taxonomy of Pentoxylales from the Albian of Antarctica. Cretaceous Research 23: 779-793.

Poole, I. & Cantrill, D.J., 2001. Fossil woods from Williams Point Beds, Livingston Island, Antarctica: a Late Cretaceous southern high latitude flora. Palaeontology 44: 1081-1112.

Poole, I., Hunt, R.J. & Cantrill, D.J. (2001). A fossil wood flora from King George Island: Ecological implications for an Antarctic Eocene vegetation. Annals of Botany 88: 33-54.

2000

Cantrill, D.J. (2000). A Cretaceous macroflora from a freshwater lake deposit, President Head, Snow Island, Antarctica. Palaeontographica Abt B 253: 153-191.

Cantrill, D.J. (2000). A new macroflora from the South Orkney Islands, Antarctica: evidence of an Early to Middle Jurassic age for the Powell Island Conglomerate. Antarctic Science 12: 185-195.

Cantrill, D.J. (2000). A petrified cycad trunk from the Late Cretaceous of the Larsen Basin, Antarctica. Alcheringa 24: 307-318.

Falcon-Lang, H.J. & Cantrill, D.J. (2000). Cretaceous (Late Albian) Coniferales of Alexander Island, Antarctica. 1. Wood taxonomy. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 111: 1-17.

Poole, I, Cantrill, D.J., Hayes, P. & Francis, J.E. (2000). Cunoniaceae wood from the Mesozoic of Antartica. Review of Palaeobotany Palynology 111: 127-144.

1999

Hathway, B., Duane, A.M., Cantrill, D.J. & Kelly, S. (1999). A new radiometric tie for Lower Cretaceous terrestrial biostratigraphy in the Southern Hemisphere: ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar geochronology and palynology of the Cerro Negro Formation, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Australian Journal of Earth Science 46: 593-606.

1998

Cantrill, D.J. (1998). Early Cretaceous fern foliage referable to Lophosoriaceae from President Head, Snow Island, Antarctica. Alcheringa 22: 241-258.

Cantrill, D.J. & Webb, J.A. (1998). Permineralized pleuromeid lycopsid remains from the Early Triassic Arcadia Formation, Queensland, Australia. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 102: 189-211.

Hathway, B., Macdonald, D.I.M., Riding, J.B. & Cantrill, D.J. (1998). Table Nunatak: a key outcrop of Upper Cretaceous shallow-marine strata in the southern Larsen Basin, Antarctic Peninsula. Geological Magazine 135: 519-535.

Riding, J.B., Crame, J.A., Dettmann, M.E. & Cantrill, D.J. (1998). The age of the base of the Gustav Group, James Ross Basin, Antarctica. Cretaceous Research 19: 87-105.

1997

Cantrill, D.J. (1997). Hepatophytes from the Cretaceous of Alexander Island, Antarctica: systematics and ecology. International Journal of Plant Sciences 158: 476-488.

Cantrill, D.J. (1997). The pteridophyte Ashicaulis livingstonensis (Osmundaceae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Williams Point, Livingston Island, Antarctica. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 40: 315-323.

Cantrill, D.J. (1997). Floristics of a Lower Cretaceous freshwater lake deposit from President Head, Snow Island, South Shetland Islands. In: Ricci C.A. (ed). The Antarctic Region: Geological Evolution and Processes, pp. 1017-1022. Terrra Antarctic Publications, Siena.

Riley, T., Crame, J.A., Thomson, M.R.A. & Cantrill, D.J. (1997). Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian-Tithonian) macrofossil assemblage from Jason Peninsula, Graham Land: evidence for a significant northward extension of the Latady Formation. Antarctic Science 9: 432-440.

1996

Cantrill, D.J. (1996). Fern thickets from the Cretaceous of Alexander Island, Antarctica containing Alamatus bifarius Douglas and Aculea acicularis sp. nov. Cretaceous Research 17: 169-182.

Cantrill, D.J. & Nichols, G.J. (1996). Taxonomy and palaeoecology of Lower Cretaceous angiosperm leaves from Alexander Island, Antarctica. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 92: 1-28.

1995

Cantrill, D.J. (1995). The occurrence of the fern Hausmannia Dunker (Dipteridaceae) in the Cretaceous of Alexander Island, Antarctica. Alcheringa 19: 243-254.

Cantrill, D.J., Drinnan, A.N. & Webb, J.A. (1995). Late Triassic plant fossils from the Prince Charles Mountains, East Antarctica. Antarctic Science 7: 51-62.

Parris, K.M., Drinnan, A.N. & Cantrill, D.J. (1995). Palissya cones from the Mesozoic of Australia and New Zealand. Alcheringa 19: 1-25.

1994

Cantrill, D.J. & Drinnan, A.N. (1994). Late Triassic megaspores from the Amery Group, Prince Charles Mountains, East Antarctica. Alcheringa 18: 71-78.

1993

Jarzemboski, E.A, Spicer, R.A. & Cantrill, D.J. (1993). Cretaceous phytogeography and climate signals - Discussion. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B- Biological Sciences 341: 285-286.

Neish, P.G., Drinnan, A.N. & Cantrill, D.J. (1993). Structure and ontogeny of Vertebraia roots from silicified Permian sediments in East Antarctica. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 79: 221-244.

1992

Cantrill, D.J. (1992). Araucarian foliage from the Lower Cretaceous of southern Victoria, Australia. International Journal of Plant Science 153: 622-645.

1991

Cantrill, D.J. (1991). Broad leafed coniferous foliage from the Lower Cretaceous Otway Group, southeastern Australia. Alcheringa 15: 177-190.

1988

Cantrill, D.J. & Douglas, J.G. (1988). Mycorrhizal conifer roots from the Lower Cretaceous of the Otway Basin, Victoria. Australian Journal of Botany 36: 257-272.

1987

Cantrill D.J. & Webb, J.A. (1987). A reappraisal of Phyllopteroides Medwell (Osmundaceae) and its stratigraphic significance in the Lower Cretaceous of eastern Australia. Alcheringa 11: 59-85.