The Jurassic fossil wood diversity from western Liaoning, NE China
Abstract Western Liaoning is a unique region in China that bears diverse types of Jurassic plants, including leaves, fern rhizomes, and wood, providing significant proxy for vegetation and palaeoenvironment reconstruction of the well-known Yanliao Flora in East Asia. In particular, the silicified wo...
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| description | Abstract Western Liaoning is a unique region in China that bears diverse types of Jurassic plants, including leaves, fern rhizomes, and wood, providing significant proxy for vegetation and palaeoenvironment reconstruction of the well-known Yanliao Flora in East Asia. In particular, the silicified wood is very abundant in the fossil Lagerstätte of the Jurassic Tiaojishan Formation in Beipiao, western Liaoning. Previous and recent systematic investigations documented a high diversity of the Jurassic wood assemblages. These assemblages are dominated by conifers, followed by cycads and ginkgoaleans. In total, about 30 species belonging to 21 genera of fossil wood have been recorded so far, which are represented by Cycadopsida, Ginkgopsida, Coniferopsida, and Gymnospermae incertae sedis. The evolutionary implications of several distinctive fossil wood taxa as well as palaeoclimate implications are summarized based on their anatomical structures and growth ring patterns. This work approaches the vegetation development and evolutionary significances of the wood taxa and their relatives, and provides clues for the further understanding of the diversity of the Jurassic Yanliao Flora in East Asia. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-22b542b362a245369cfed01f260eb5aa2022-12-22T04:09:34ZengElsevierJournal of Palaeogeography2524-45072019-01-018111110.1186/s42501-018-0018-yThe Jurassic fossil wood diversity from western Liaoning, NE ChinaZi-Kun Jiang0Yong-Dong Wang1Ning Tian2Ao-Wei Xie3Wu Zhang4Li-Qin Li5Min Huang6Chinese Academy of Geological SciencesState Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of SciencesCollege of Palaeontology, Shenyang Normal UniversityState Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of SciencesShenyang Institute of Geology and Mineral ResourcesState Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of SciencesChinese Academy of Geological SciencesAbstract Western Liaoning is a unique region in China that bears diverse types of Jurassic plants, including leaves, fern rhizomes, and wood, providing significant proxy for vegetation and palaeoenvironment reconstruction of the well-known Yanliao Flora in East Asia. In particular, the silicified wood is very abundant in the fossil Lagerstätte of the Jurassic Tiaojishan Formation in Beipiao, western Liaoning. Previous and recent systematic investigations documented a high diversity of the Jurassic wood assemblages. These assemblages are dominated by conifers, followed by cycads and ginkgoaleans. In total, about 30 species belonging to 21 genera of fossil wood have been recorded so far, which are represented by Cycadopsida, Ginkgopsida, Coniferopsida, and Gymnospermae incertae sedis. The evolutionary implications of several distinctive fossil wood taxa as well as palaeoclimate implications are summarized based on their anatomical structures and growth ring patterns. This work approaches the vegetation development and evolutionary significances of the wood taxa and their relatives, and provides clues for the further understanding of the diversity of the Jurassic Yanliao Flora in East Asia.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42501-018-0018-yFossil woodDiversityEvolutionTiaojishan FormationJurassic |
| spellingShingle | Zi-Kun Jiang Yong-Dong Wang Ning Tian Ao-Wei Xie Wu Zhang Li-Qin Li Min Huang The Jurassic fossil wood diversity from western Liaoning, NE China Journal of Palaeogeography Fossil wood Diversity Evolution Tiaojishan Formation Jurassic |
| title | The Jurassic fossil wood diversity from western Liaoning, NE China |
| title_full | The Jurassic fossil wood diversity from western Liaoning, NE China |
| title_fullStr | The Jurassic fossil wood diversity from western Liaoning, NE China |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Jurassic fossil wood diversity from western Liaoning, NE China |
| title_short | The Jurassic fossil wood diversity from western Liaoning, NE China |
| title_sort | jurassic fossil wood diversity from western liaoning ne china |
| topic | Fossil wood Diversity Evolution Tiaojishan Formation Jurassic |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42501-018-0018-y |
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