The first fossil Microsoroid fern (Palaeosorum ellipticum gen. et sp nov.) from the middle Miocene of Yunnan, SW China
Jacques, Frederic M. B.1; Su, Tao1; Zhou, Zhe-Kun1,2
Corresponding AuthorZhou,ZK (reprint author),Chinese Acad Sci,Xishuangbanna Trop Bot Garden,Key Lab Trop Forest Ecol,Mengla 666303,Yunnan,Peoples R China.,zhouzk@xtbg.ac.cn
2013-11-01
Source PublicationJOURNAL OF SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION
ISSN1674-4918
Volume51Issue:6Pages:758-764
AbstractThe microsoroid ferns make up a large group in the family Polypodiaceae, easily characterized by the combination of at least partly clathrate rhizome scales and anastomosing reticulate venation. The diversification of this clade is poorly known, both because of unresolved generic delimitations and the lack of fossil records. In this work, we describe the first microsoroid macrofossil: Palaeosorum ellipticum sp. nov. F. M. B. Jacques & Z. K. Zhou. The fossil specimen, represented by part and counterpart, was found in the middle Miocene sediment of the Dajie Formation in Ailsohan, central Yunnan, southwest China. Epiphytic ferns belonging to Drynaria are found in different locations in Yunnan during the Pliocene. The fossil described in this study deepens the occurrence of epiphytic ferns in Yunnan back to the middle Miocene. It demonstrates that forests with complex ecological relationships have existed in southwest China for more than 10 million years.
KeywordEpiphytism Fossil Palaeosorum Miocene Polypodiaceae Yunnan
Subject AreaPlant Sciences
Indexed BySCI
Language英语
WOS IDWOS:000326574200012
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Identifierhttp://ir.kib.ac.cn/handle/151853/17424
Collection中国科学院东亚植物多样性与生物地理学重点实验室
Affiliation1.Chinese Acad Sci, Xishuangbanna Trop Bot Garden, Key Lab Trop Forest Ecol, Mengla 666303, Yunnan, Peoples R China
2.Chinese Acad Sci, Kunming Inst Bot, Key Lab Biodivers & Biogeog, Kunming 650204, Peoples R China
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Jacques, Frederic M. B.,Su, Tao,Zhou, Zhe-Kun. The first fossil Microsoroid fern (Palaeosorum ellipticum gen. et sp nov.) from the middle Miocene of Yunnan, SW China[J]. JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION,2013,51(6):758-764.
APA Jacques, Frederic M. B.,Su, Tao,&Zhou, Zhe-Kun.(2013).The first fossil Microsoroid fern (Palaeosorum ellipticum gen. et sp nov.) from the middle Miocene of Yunnan, SW China.JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION,51(6),758-764.
MLA Jacques, Frederic M. B.,et al."The first fossil Microsoroid fern (Palaeosorum ellipticum gen. et sp nov.) from the middle Miocene of Yunnan, SW China".JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION 51.6(2013):758-764.
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