Ceratophyllum (Ceratophyllaceae) from the miocene of eastern China and its paleoecological significance
- Author(s)
- Yu-Fei Wang, David-Kay Ferguson, Cheng-Sen Li
- Abstract
Vegetative shoots and a newly discovered fruit of Ceratophyllum are described from diatomite of the middle Miocene Shanwang Formation in Shandong Province, eastern China. Based on the fruit, the fossil can be referred to C. muricatum subsp. muricatum. The presence of this Ceratophyllum indicates that the climate was slightly warmer and more equable than today. © Copyright 2005 by the American Society of Plant Taxonomists.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Palaeontology
- External organisation(s)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
- Journal
- Systematic Botany
- Volume
- 30
- Pages
- 705-711
- No. of pages
- 7
- ISSN
- 0363-6445
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1600/036364405775097752
- Publication date
- 2005
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 105118 Palaeontology
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/03363c52-d228-4e79-8806-9d4d6567ac02