In recent years, an increasing number of plant fossil leaves and petrified woods have been discovered from the Middle Jurassic Wanbao Formation in Moguqi Town of Inner Mongolia, NE China. Here, we describe a new speci...In recent years, an increasing number of plant fossil leaves and petrified woods have been discovered from the Middle Jurassic Wanbao Formation in Moguqi Town of Inner Mongolia, NE China. Here, we describe a new species of Coniopteris moguqiensis sp. nov. preserved as a fragment with fertile and sterile pinnules. The sterile ultimate pinnules are elongate ovate with sphenopteriod type venation, and fertile pinnules are usually isolated, bipinnate at least with the sorus apical, elliptical, 1 mm in diameter;sporangia are almost globular, 100-150 μm in diameter, and the annulus is vertical. In situ spores are rounded-triangular in polar view, 25-30 μm in diameter with sides straight and slightly convex;trilete, laesurae are thin and slightly straight;the exine surface is usually psilate under the light microscope but finely reticuloid sculptured on the proximal view under a scanning electronic microscope. The fern genus Coniopteris usually suggests a warm and humid environment, which is consistent with the palaeoclimatic conditions of petrified wood and megafossil plants. The new discovery further supplements the floral composition of the Wanbao Formation, providing new material for understanding the evolutionary trend and classification of Coniopteris.展开更多
内蒙古自治区突泉盆地因在侏罗系中钻获轻质原油而备受地质学者们关注(李世臻等,2015),然而随着侏罗系油气的重大发现,使得盆地的性质、地层充填情况、基底特征等等一系列基础问题亟待解决。近年,随着锆石U-Pb同位素测年理论技术的不断...内蒙古自治区突泉盆地因在侏罗系中钻获轻质原油而备受地质学者们关注(李世臻等,2015),然而随着侏罗系油气的重大发现,使得盆地的性质、地层充填情况、基底特征等等一系列基础问题亟待解决。近年,随着锆石U-Pb同位素测年理论技术的不断发展,运用砂岩碎屑锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb年代学限定地层的沉积下限,进而分析其时代特征成为大多数地质学者识别、厘定"哑地层"的重要手段之一(Sun Yuewu et al.,2013;韩国卿等,2011)。展开更多
Two new coniferous wood taxa, Protocedroxylon zhangii sp. nov. and P. zhalantunense sp. nov., are described from the Middle Jurassic Wanbao Formation in Zhalantun City, Inner Mongolia, NE China. The new discovery repr...Two new coniferous wood taxa, Protocedroxylon zhangii sp. nov. and P. zhalantunense sp. nov., are described from the Middle Jurassic Wanbao Formation in Zhalantun City, Inner Mongolia, NE China. The new discovery represents the first record of petrified wood in the Wanbao Formation, and contributes to further understanding the floral composition, especially that of the forest, of the Wanbao Formation. Anatomically, the two new species are characterized by having a mixed type of radial pitting and Abietineentüpfelung. In extant conifers, Abietineentüpfelung is considered to be characteristic of the wood of Pinaceae. The new discovery further indicates that the first occurrence of Abietineentüpfelung in conifer-like wood should be earlier than the Kimmeridgian. The palaeolatitudinal distribution pattern of Protocedroxylon indicates that the genus is a palaeobiogeographically consistent group, which was probably restricted to wetter and cooler temperate climates. In combination with distinct growth rings, the occurrence of Protocedroxylon suggests that a cool temperate and seasonal climate might have prevailed during the sedimentation period of the Wanbao Formation in eastern Inner Mongolia, NE China. Such a view is also in agreement with the palaeoclimatic conditions indicated by the plant megafossils of the Wanbao Formation.展开更多
基金financially supported by the Project of the NSFC, China (grant No.41602015, 41702032)the Geological Survey Programs of the China Geological Survey (grant No. DD20160048-4, No. DD20190039-06, 2017YFC060130501)+2 种基金the State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy (Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, CAS) (grant No.183117)the Project “Establishment of Stratotypes of China—Improvements on Stratigraphic Chart of China” (grant No.2015FY310100)the Project “Divisions and Correlation of National Non-Marine Strata (K-Pg boundary) in China (grant No. 121201102000150010-04)
文摘In recent years, an increasing number of plant fossil leaves and petrified woods have been discovered from the Middle Jurassic Wanbao Formation in Moguqi Town of Inner Mongolia, NE China. Here, we describe a new species of Coniopteris moguqiensis sp. nov. preserved as a fragment with fertile and sterile pinnules. The sterile ultimate pinnules are elongate ovate with sphenopteriod type venation, and fertile pinnules are usually isolated, bipinnate at least with the sorus apical, elliptical, 1 mm in diameter;sporangia are almost globular, 100-150 μm in diameter, and the annulus is vertical. In situ spores are rounded-triangular in polar view, 25-30 μm in diameter with sides straight and slightly convex;trilete, laesurae are thin and slightly straight;the exine surface is usually psilate under the light microscope but finely reticuloid sculptured on the proximal view under a scanning electronic microscope. The fern genus Coniopteris usually suggests a warm and humid environment, which is consistent with the palaeoclimatic conditions of petrified wood and megafossil plants. The new discovery further supplements the floral composition of the Wanbao Formation, providing new material for understanding the evolutionary trend and classification of Coniopteris.
文摘内蒙古自治区突泉盆地因在侏罗系中钻获轻质原油而备受地质学者们关注(李世臻等,2015),然而随着侏罗系油气的重大发现,使得盆地的性质、地层充填情况、基底特征等等一系列基础问题亟待解决。近年,随着锆石U-Pb同位素测年理论技术的不断发展,运用砂岩碎屑锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb年代学限定地层的沉积下限,进而分析其时代特征成为大多数地质学者识别、厘定"哑地层"的重要手段之一(Sun Yuewu et al.,2013;韩国卿等,2011)。
基金jointly supported by the Geological Survey Programs of the China Geological Survey(Grant Nos.DD20160048-4,12120113053900,12120113053800&1212011085210)the Strategic Priority Research Program(B)of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant Nos.XDB18030502&XDB26010302)+2 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.41790454,41702032,41688103&41302004)the State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy(NIGPAS,CAS)(Grant No.173124)the Special Fund of the Liaoning Provincial Universities’ Fundamental Scientific Research Project(Grant No.LQN201718)
文摘Two new coniferous wood taxa, Protocedroxylon zhangii sp. nov. and P. zhalantunense sp. nov., are described from the Middle Jurassic Wanbao Formation in Zhalantun City, Inner Mongolia, NE China. The new discovery represents the first record of petrified wood in the Wanbao Formation, and contributes to further understanding the floral composition, especially that of the forest, of the Wanbao Formation. Anatomically, the two new species are characterized by having a mixed type of radial pitting and Abietineentüpfelung. In extant conifers, Abietineentüpfelung is considered to be characteristic of the wood of Pinaceae. The new discovery further indicates that the first occurrence of Abietineentüpfelung in conifer-like wood should be earlier than the Kimmeridgian. The palaeolatitudinal distribution pattern of Protocedroxylon indicates that the genus is a palaeobiogeographically consistent group, which was probably restricted to wetter and cooler temperate climates. In combination with distinct growth rings, the occurrence of Protocedroxylon suggests that a cool temperate and seasonal climate might have prevailed during the sedimentation period of the Wanbao Formation in eastern Inner Mongolia, NE China. Such a view is also in agreement with the palaeoclimatic conditions indicated by the plant megafossils of the Wanbao Formation.
