Fossil coniferous wood from the Middle Jurassic of Liaoning Province, China
- Author(s)
- Hong-En Jiang, David-Kay Ferguson, Cheng-Sen Li, Ye-Ming Cheng
- Abstract
Silicified coniferous wood was collected from the Lanqi Formation (late Middle Jurassic in age) at Shebudaigou Village, Liaoning Province, China. Three taxa are identified, namely Pinoxylon dacotense Knowlton, Xenoxylon phyllocladoides Gothan, and Araucariopitys sp. Based on these new data, and those of other fossil plants reported previously from the same formation, we consider the climate during the deposition of the Lanqi Formation was subtropical, humid and seasonal. In this respect the Lanqi flora differs from the coeval Shimengou and Longmen floras from North China. The Longmen flora was deposited during more humid, subt
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Palaeontology
- External organisation(s)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Geological Museum of China
- Journal
- Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
- Volume
- 150
- Pages
- 37-47
- No. of pages
- 10
- ISSN
- 0034-6667
- Publication date
- 2008
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 105117 Palaeobotany
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/f7cc7730-f21c-4ff8-b8fc-03413cedac51