Leaf macrofossils of Ilex protocornuta sp nov (Aquifoliaceae) from the Late Miocene of East China: Implications for palaeoecology

doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2010.02.002

	Leaf macrofossils of Ilex protocornuta sp nov (Aquifoliaceae) from the Late Miocene of East China: Implications for palaeoecology
	Li, Xiangchuan 1,2; Sun, Bainian 1,2; Xiao, Liang 1; Wu, Jingyu 1; Lin, Zhicheng 1
	2010-06-01
发表期刊	REVIEW OF PALAEOBOTANY AND PALYNOLOGY
ISSN	0034-6667
卷号	161 期号:1-2 页码:87-103
摘要	Although both fossil pollen and molecular data support a long evolutionary history for the Aquifoliaceae, reliable macrofossils have rarely been described. Here, a new species, Ilex protocornuta Xiang-Chuan Li et Bai-Nian Sun sp. nov. from the Late Miocene Xiananshan Formation of Zhejiang Province, East China, which is unequivocally identified based on eighteen leaf macrofossils, can be placed in the subgenus Ilex section Ilex subsection. The new species shows the closest affinity to Ilex cornuta Lindley et Paxton. A survey of Ilex fossil records (pollen and leaves) from the Cretaceous to the Pliocene in China suggests that the past distribution of fossil Ilex species is much wider than that of extant species, while the occurrence of the probably evergreen I. protocornuta may indicate that a warm and humid climate similar to that of today existed in East China during the Late Miocene, which is also supported by the co-occurring plants that prefer a tropical, subtropical or warm-temperate habitat (i.e. Smilax, Lagerstroemia and evergreen Quercus). (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
关键词	Ilex protocornuta leaf cuticle stomata palaeoecology Late Miocene East China
DOI	10.1016/j.revpalbo.2010.02.002
语种	英语
关键词[WOS]	FOSSIL POLLEN RECORDS ; L. AQUIFOLIACEAE ; EXTANT ANGIOSPERMS ; EVOLUTION ; FOLIAR ; FLORA ; BIOGEOGRAPHY ; MORPHOLOGY ; VEGETATION ; PHYLOGENY
资助项目	National Basic Research Program[2006CB701401] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[40772012] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[40502005] ; Foundation of the State Key Laboratory of Paleobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences[063101]
WOS研究方向	Plant Sciences ; Paleontology
WOS类目	Plant Sciences ; Paleontology
WOS记录号	WOS:000279563300006
项目资助者	National Basic Research Program ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Foundation of the State Key Laboratory of Paleobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
出版者	ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.nigpas.ac.cn/handle/332004/413
专题	中国科学院南京地质古生物研究所
通讯作者	Sun, Bainian
作者单位	1.Lanzhou Univ, Minist Educ, Key Lab Western Chinas Environm Syst, Lanzhou 730000, Peoples R China 2.Nanjing Inst Geol & Palaeontol, State Key Lab Palaeobiol & Stratig, Nanjing 210008, Peoples R China
第一作者单位	中国科学院南京地质古生物研究所
通讯作者单位	中国科学院南京地质古生物研究所
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Li, Xiangchuan,Sun, Bainian,Xiao, Liang,et al. Leaf macrofossils of Ilex protocornuta sp nov (Aquifoliaceae) from the Late Miocene of East China: Implications for palaeoecology[J]. REVIEW OF PALAEOBOTANY AND PALYNOLOGY,2010,161(1-2):87-103.
APA	Li, Xiangchuan,Sun, Bainian,Xiao, Liang,Wu, Jingyu,&Lin, Zhicheng.(2010).Leaf macrofossils of Ilex protocornuta sp nov (Aquifoliaceae) from the Late Miocene of East China: Implications for palaeoecology.REVIEW OF PALAEOBOTANY AND PALYNOLOGY,161(1-2),87-103.
MLA	Li, Xiangchuan,et al."Leaf macrofossils of Ilex protocornuta sp nov (Aquifoliaceae) from the Late Miocene of East China: Implications for palaeoecology".REVIEW OF PALAEOBOTANY AND PALYNOLOGY 161.1-2(2010):87-103.