Sinomenium macrocarpum sp nov (Menispermaceae) from the Miocene-Pliocene transition of Gray, northeast Tennessee, USA

doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2009.11.005

	Sinomenium macrocarpum sp nov (Menispermaceae) from the Miocene-Pliocene transition of Gray, northeast Tennessee, USA
	Liu, Yu-Sheng (Christopher)1; Jacques, Frederic M. B.2
	2010-02-01
发表期刊	REVIEW OF PALAEOBOTANY AND PALYNOLOGY
ISSN	0034-6667
卷号	159 期号:1-2 页码:112-122
摘要	The present study documents the first confirmed fossil record of Sinomenium in Menispermaceae, Sinomenium macrocarpum sp. nov., from the recently discovered Gray Fossil Site in Tennessee, southeastern USA. The fossil species is represented by more than 120 endocarps, all of which are characterized by their horseshoe-shaped form and occurrence of highly ornamented protuberances on both dorsal and lateral crests. A combination of their relatively large size and highly developed of protuberances on the surface of endocarp warrants the new species. The new species is justified through a detailed comparison with the related and published extant and fossil species. The discovery of the genus in North America appears to Support that the Gray site in southern Appalachian region represented a forest refugium during the late Neogene when the global cooling was intensified and grasslands were globally expanded. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
关键词	Sinomenium macrocarpum sp nov. Menispermaceae Neogene North America systematics paleoecology
DOI	10.1016/j.revpalbo.2009.11.005
语种	英语
关键词[WOS]	LATE PALEOCENE ; PHYLOGENY ; EOCENE ; NEOGENE ; CHLOROPLAST ; MORPHOLOGY ; EVOLUTION ; ENDOCARPS ; SEQUENCES ; FLORAS
资助项目	NSF[EAR 0746105] ; Harvard Arnold Arboretum Mercer Research Fellowship ; National Geographic Society[8260-07]
WOS研究方向	Plant Sciences ; Paleontology
WOS类目	Plant Sciences ; Paleontology
WOS记录号	WOS:000275245800009
项目资助者	NSF ; Harvard Arnold Arboretum Mercer Research Fellowship ; National Geographic Society
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/332004/417
专题	中国科学院南京地质古生物研究所
通讯作者	Liu, Yu-Sheng (Christopher)
作者单位	1.E Tennessee State Univ, Dept Biol Sci, Johnson City, TN 37614 USA 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Nanjing Inst Geol & Palaeontol, Dept Palaeobot & Palynol, Nanjing 210008, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Liu, Yu-Sheng ,Jacques, Frederic M. B.. Sinomenium macrocarpum sp nov (Menispermaceae) from the Miocene-Pliocene transition of Gray, northeast Tennessee, USA[J]. REVIEW OF PALAEOBOTANY AND PALYNOLOGY,2010,159(1-2):112-122.
APA	Liu, Yu-Sheng ,&Jacques, Frederic M. B..(2010).Sinomenium macrocarpum sp nov (Menispermaceae) from the Miocene-Pliocene transition of Gray, northeast Tennessee, USA.REVIEW OF PALAEOBOTANY AND PALYNOLOGY,159(1-2),112-122.
MLA	Liu, Yu-Sheng ,et al."Sinomenium macrocarpum sp nov (Menispermaceae) from the Miocene-Pliocene transition of Gray, northeast Tennessee, USA".REVIEW OF PALAEOBOTANY AND PALYNOLOGY 159.1-2(2010):112-122.