A Miocene flora from the Toupi Formation in Jiangxi Province, southeastern China
| Autor: | Wen-Long He, Xiao-Jing Wang |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Palynology
010506 paleontology Flora Podocarpus biology Stratigraphy Paleontology Evergreen 010502 geochemistry & geophysics biology.organism_classification 01 natural sciences Geography Genus Lithocarpus Botany Calocedrus Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Cinnamomum |
| Zdroj: | Palaeoworld. 30:757-769 |
| ISSN: | 1871-174X |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.palwor.2020.12.006 |
| Popis: | Here we report a fossil flora from the Miocene Toupi Formation in Jiangxi Province, southeastern China, including megafossil genera Pinus, Podocarpus, Calocedrus, Cinnamomum, Quercus, Lithocarpus, Carya, Palaeocarya, Acer, and Yua. Among them, Yua jiangxiensis n. sp. is the first fossil record of the genus in Asia. A palynological analysis in this study reveals that the palyno-assemblage contains Selaginella, Pteris, Pinus, Picea, Quercus, Fagus, Carya, Ilex, and Rutaceae. Based on Integrated Plant Records (IPR) vegetation analysis, it is suggested that the fossil flora represents an evergreen broad-leaved forest, and the occurrence of tropical and subtropical Cinnamomum supports a warm and moist climate in the region during the middle Miocene. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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