A5076263344- Plant Diversity and Evolution
- Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
- Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
- Geological and Geochemical Analysis
- Plant and animal studies
- Fern and Epiphyte Biology
- Geological and Geophysical Studies
- Geological formations and processes
- Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
- Evolution and Paleontology Studies
- Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Tree-ring climate responses
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Forest ecology and management
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
- Fossil Insects in Amber
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt/M
2023-2024
Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology
2016-2024
Chinese Academy of Sciences
2016-2024
University of Bonn
2020-2024
Center for Life Sciences
2018
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
2018
Shenyang Normal University
2015-2016
Ministry of Natural Resources
2015
Although abundant and diverse foliage fossils are well recorded in the Upper Triassic Lower–Middle Jurassic of Sichuan Basin South China, plant rarely documented due to extensively developed red beds this basin. Decades ago, fossil wood specimens were discovered from Penglaizhen Formation Basin. However, detailed investigations on systematic palaeobotany these very limited, which hinders further understanding terrestrial ecosystem biota. Here, we describe anatomically well-preserved at...
Abstract The Early-Middle Jurassic impression/compression macroflora and the palynoflora from Qaidam Basin in northeastern Qinghai-Xizang (Tibetan) Plateau have been well studied; however, fossil wood this region has not previously documented systematically. Here, we describe an anatomically well-preserved specimen Lower Huoshaoshan Formation at Dameigou section northern Qinghai Province, northwestern China. This exhibits typical Metapodocarpoxylon Dupéron-Laudoueneix et Pons anatomy with...
A new species of conifer wood, Brachyoxylon zhoui sp. nov., is described from the Lower Cretaceous Guantou Formation Zhejiang Province, eastern China. The characterised by a mixed type radial tracheary pitting, araucarioid cross-field high uniseriate rays, and occurrence traumatic resin canals. finding represents second it contributes to further understanding forest composition Early flora in China.The quantitative analysis growth ring anatomy indicates that was evergreen with Leaf Retention...
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 palaeoenvironment reconstruction the well-known Yanliao Flora East Asia. In particular, silicified wood very abundant fossil Lagerstätte Tiaojishan Formation Beipiao, western Liaoning. Previous recent systematic investigations documented high diversity assemblages. These assemblages are dominated by conifers, followed...
Abstract To reconstruct a fossil forest in three dimensions, an accurate estimation of tree height is crucial. However, modelling the height–diameter relationship ancient trees difficult, because trunks are usually fragmentary, making direct measurements impossible. One practical approach for reconstructing to use growth models based on relationships nearest living relatives taxa. Here we apply 19 describe Araucaria establishing appropriate Araucariaceae trees. Data come from four...
The Mesozoic gymnosperm genus Shimakuroxylon Philippe, Boura, Oh et Pons is a peculiar petrified wood taxon which was exclusively recorded from the Jurassic–Early Cretaceous interval in eastern Asia. To date, ten occurrences of this were documented Japan, Indochina and Tibet (southwestern China). However, little known about record China. Here, we describe new fossil specimen Lower Laocun Formation Longyou County Quzhou City, Zhejiang Province, southeastern This exhibits typical anatomy with...
Abstract Fossil wood is one of the crucial proxies for understanding terrestrial vegetation composition and development in Earth's history. The gymnosperm taxon Xenoxylon Gothan a significant member Mesozoic flora. To date, more than 20 species have been described. However, its botanical affinities remained enigmatic ever since it was described, over century ago. Here we perform phylogenetic analysis to understand systematic relationship with extant conifers. Data come from four nucleotide...
Abstract Although the well-known Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation has yielded abundant fossil plants for nearly a century, relatively little is known about fungi and their ecological relationships to flora. The first mention of fungal decay in wood was briefly made over three decades ago, since then, few more reports associated with have been published. However, up now, detailed data on themselves not given from Formation. Here we describe detail well-preserved mycelia silicified log...
Terrestrial red beds are extensively developed in the Upper Jurassic of Sichuan Basin, southern China, where few fossils have been documented. Recently, abundant silicified wood specimens were found central but no plant foliage recorded from same strata. Here, we report first leafy shoot collected Penglaizhen Formation Shehong City, Basin. Based on careful comparisons with potential Mesozoic conifer fossils, they assigned to Pagiophyllum , an extinct taxon family Cheirolepidicaceae. The...
The Sciadopityaceae are today a monotypic and relict family of the Coniferales, restricted to Japan with an endemic species Sciadopitys verticillata Sieb. et Zucc., known as umbrella pine. Megafossil remains assigned have been reported from various parts boreal hemisphere. However, structurally preserved fossil wood is poorly documented. Here we present anatomically Jurassic East Asia. A new Zhangoxylon yanliaoense gen. sp. nov. proposed for specimens, which characterized by heterogeneous...