Occurrence of <em>Brachyoxylon</em> Hollick et Jeffrey from the Lower Cretaceous of Zhejiang Province, southeastern China

Abstract
References(129)
Related Articles(0)

Download: PDF (8667 KB) HTML (1 KB)
Export: BibTeX | EndNote (RIS) Supporting Info

Abstract

The Lower Cretaceous Guantou Formation is known as an important horizon for Cretaceous petrified wood in southern China. Though abundant Cretaceous wood remains have been found in this formation, only one species has been recognized. A new coniferous wood, Brachyoxylon zhejiangense sp. nov. is described from the Lower Cretaceous Guantou Formation in Xinchang of Zhejiang Province, southeastern China. Anatomically, the new species is characterized by obscure annual rings, mixed type of radial pitting, araucarioid cross-field pits and uniseriate xylem rays. The finding of Brachyoxylon zhejiangense sp. nov. represents the first well-defined record of Brachyoxylon in southeastern China, and enriches the diversity of Early Cretaceous petrified wood in southern China. Additionally, the finding sheds new light on further understanding the floral composition, especially the forest vegetation type of the southern phytoprovince in the late Early Cretaceous. Diverse compressed leaf fossils of Cheirolepidiaceae have been described from the Guantou Formation at the fossil locality of the present petrified wood. The co-occurrence of Brachyoxylon zhejiangense sp. nov. and cheirolepidiaceous leaf fossils provide additional evidence to support that Brachyoxylon may be systematically related to the Cheirolepidiaceae.

	Service

	E-mail this article
	Add to my bookshelf
	Add to citation manager
	E-mail Alert
	RSS
	Articles by authors

Key words: Brachyoxylon Cheirolepidiaceae Lower Cretaceous Guantou Formation Zhejiang Province

Corresponding Authors: E-mail address: tianning84@163.com (N. Tian); ydwang@nigpas.ac.cn (Y.-D. Wang).

Cite this article:

. Occurrence of Brachyoxylon Hollick et Jeffrey from the Lower Cretaceous of Zhejiang Province, southeastern China[J]. Journal of Palaeogeography, 2018, 7(4): 3-3.

URL:

http://journal09.magtechjournal.com/Jweb_jop/EN/10.1186/s42501-018-0008-0 OR http://journal09.magtechjournal.com/Jweb_jop/EN/Y2018/V7/I4/3


[12]	Dupéron-Laudouéneix M.1991. Importance of fossil woods (conifers and angiosperms) discovered in continental Mesozoic sediments of Northern Equatorial Africa.Journal of African Earth Sciences 12: 391-396.

[13]	Dong, Chuan-Wan, Guo-Qiang Zhu, Zhong-Hui Yu,Shan-Kun Gao.2002. Study on the petrology of strata bearing petrified wood and the palaeoecology in Xinchang, Zhejiang Province.Journal of Zhejiang University (Science Edition) 29(2): 202-08 (in Chinese with English abstract).

[14]	Eckhold W.1923. Die Hoftüpfel bei rezenten und fossilen Coniferen.Jahrbuch der preußischen geologischen Landesanstalt zu Berlin 42: 472-505.

[1]	Azuma Y.,J.Lü,X.Jin,Y. Noda,M. Shibata,R. Chen, and W. Zheng.2013. A bird footprint assemblage of early Late Cretaceous age, Dongyang City, Zhejiang Province, China.Cretaceous Research 40: 3-9.

[1]	Barbacka M.,M. E. Popa,J. Mitka,E. Bodor,Z. Püspöki, and R. W. McIntosh.2016. “A quantitative approach for identifying plant ecogroups in the Romanian Early Jurassic terrestrial vegetation.”Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 446: 44-54.

[2]	Berger W.1953. “Jungtertiäre Pflanzenreste aus dem Gebiete der Ägäis (Lemnos, Thessaloniki).”Annales Géologiques des Pays Helléniques 5: 34-65.

[3]	Codrea V.2001. “Badenian insectivores from Bozovici Basin (Southern Carpathians, Cara?-Severin District).”Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae 3: 67-75.

[4]	Erdei B.,V. Wilde.2004. “An Oligocene leaf assemblage from Csolnok, Dorog Basin, N Hungary.”Revue de Paleobiologie 23: 117-38.

[5]	Givulescu R.1968. “Ein neuer Beitrag zur Kenntnis der fossilen Flora von Coru? bei Cluj (Rumänien).”Geologie 17(5): 572-605.

[15]	Feng, Zhuo, Hai-Bo Wei, Chun-Ling Wang, Yu-Xuan Chen, Jia-Jia Shen,Ji-Yuan Yang.2015. Wood decay ofXenoxylon yunnanensis Feng sp. nov. from the Middle Jurassic of Yunnan Province, China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 433: 60-70.

[6]	Givulescu R.1986. “Etude sur la végétation fossile de la Vallée du Jiu (Departement de Hunedoara).” D?ri de Seam? ale ?edin?elor Institutului de Geologie ?i Geofizic? 70-71(3): 171-86.

[16]	Holden R.1913. Contributions to the anatomy of Mesozoic conifers. 1 Jurassic coniferous woods from Yorkshire.Annals of Botany 27: 533-545.

[7]	Givulescu R.1996. Flora oligocen? superioar? din Bazinul Petro?ani. Cluj-Napoca: Casa C?r?ii de ?tiin??.

[17]	Hollick A.,E. C. Jeffrey.1909. Studies of coniferous Cretaceous remains from Kreischerville, New York.Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 3: 1-137.

[8]	Givulescu R.1999. Flora mic? ilustrat? a Ter?iarului din România. Cluj-Napoca: Casa c?r?ii de ?tiin??.

[9]	Hably L.1985. “Early Miocene plant fossils from Ipolytarnóc, Northern Hungary.”Geologica Hungarica, Series Palaeontologica 45: 73-256.

[10]	Hably L.2013. The Late Miocene flora of Hungary. Budapest: Geological and Geophysical Institute of Hungary.

[11]	Hably L.,I. Magyar.2013. “Palaeobotanical localities: Geology, fossils, flora, vegetation and environment.”Geologica Hungarica, Series Palaeontologica F59: 15-35.

[12]	Hably L.,B. Erdei, and I. Selmeczi.2015. “A Late Oligocene (Egerian) flora from Környe, near Tatabánya, N Hungary.”Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie 276(3): 285-302.

[13]	Heer O.1872. Ueber die Braunkohlen-Flora des Zsily-Thales in Siebenbürgen. Pest: Druck von Knor & Wein.

[18]	Hass H.,N. P. Rowe.1999. Thin section and wafering. In Fossil Plants and Spores: Modern Techniques, edited by T. P. Jones and N. P. Rowe. London: Geological Society of London, pp. 76-81.

[14]	Holttum R.E.1971. “Studies in the family Thelypteridaceae. III. A new system of genera in the Old World.”Blumea 19: 17-52.

[15]	Iliescu O.1967. Geologia Bazinului Bozovici. D?ri de Seam? ale Institutului de Geologie ?i Geofizic?: p. 53.

[16]	Kleinhölter K.1994. “Zur stratigraphischen Einstufung der Platana-Formation im Pyrgos- und Zachara-Becken (West-Peloponnes, Griechenland).” Münstersche Forschungen zur Geologie und Palaeontologie. 76: 263-70.

[17]	Knobloch E.1977. Die Entstehung Jungtertiarer Braunkohlen aus Palaobotanischer. Cour. Forsch. Inst. Senckenberg, 24: pp. 68-71.

[18]	Knobloch E.,Z. Kva?ek.1976. Miozane Blätterfloren vom Westrand der Böhmischen Masse. Prague: Vydal Úst?ední Ústav Geologický.

[19]	Han, Wen-Bin, Wen-Yu Zhang, Wen-Ming Huang, Cheng-An Ma, and Yu-Rong Wang. 1992. The isotopic ages of volcanic rocks of Moshishan and Yongkang Groups in Wuyi of Zhejiang Province. In: Collected Works of Volcanic Geology and Mineral Resources in the Southeastern Coast of China (1), edited by Zhi-Gang Lu and Kui-Yuan Tao. Beijing: Geological Publishing House, pp. 72-81 (in Chinese).

[20]	Iamandei E.,S. Iamandei.2005. Early Cretaceous protopinaceous fossil wood from South Dobrogea, Romania.Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae 5: 231-47.

[21]	IAWA Committee.2004. IAWA list of microscopic features for softwood identification.IAWA Journal 25(1): 1-70.

[19]	Kovar-Eder J.,Z. Kva?ek, and M. Ströbitzer-Hermann.2004. “The Miocene Flora of Parschlug (Styria, Austria) ? Revision and Synthesis.”Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 105A: 45-159.

[22]	Jiang, Hong-En, D. K. Ferguson, Cheng-Sen Li,Ye-Ming Cheng.2008. Fossil coniferous wood from the Middle Jurassic of Liaoning Province, China.Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 150(1): 37-47.

[20]	Kva?ek Z.,H. Walther.1995. “The Oligocene volcanic flora of Suletice-Berand near Ústí Nad Labem, North Bohemia ? A review.”Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae, Series B - Historia Naturalis 50(1-4): 25-54.

[23]	Jiang, Zi-Kun, Yong-Dong Wang, Shao-Lin Zheng, Wu Zhang,Ning Tian.2012. Occurrence ofSciadopitys-like fossil wood (Coniferales) in the Jurassic of western Liaoning and its evolutionary implications. Chinese Science Bulletin 57(6): 569-72.

[21]	Kva?ek Z.,H. Walther.1998. “The Oligocene volcanic flora of Kundratice near Litom��?ice, ?eské St?edoho?í Volcanic Complex (Czech Republic) ? A review.”Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae, Series B - Historia Naturalis 54(1-2): 1-42.

[22]	Kva?ek Z.,L. Hably.1991. Notes on the Egerian stratotype flora at Eger (Wind brickyard), Hungary, Upper Oligocene. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 83.

[23]	Kva?ek Z.,S. Hurnik.2000. “Revision of Early Miocene plants preserved in baked rocks in the North Bohemian Tertiary.”Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae, Historia Naturalis 56: 1-48.

[2]	Buckley L.G.,R.T. McCrea, and M.G. Lockley. 2016. Analysing and resolving Cretaceous avian ichnotaxonomy using multivariate statistics: Approaches and results. In: Falkingham, P.L., D. Marty, and A. Richter. (Eds.). Dinosaur Tracks: The Next Steps. Indiana University Press, pp. 258-308.

[24]	Jiang, Zi-Kun, Yong-Dong Wang, M. Philippe, Wu Zhang, Ning Tian,Shao-Lin Zheng.2016. A Jurassic wood providing insights into the earliest step inGinkgo wood evolution. Scientific Reports 6: 38191.

[24]	Kva?ek Z.,V. Teodoridis.2007. “Tertiary macrofloras of the Bohemian Massif: A review with correlations within Boreal and Central Europe.”Bulletin of Geosciences 82(4): 83-408.

[25]	Kva?ek Z.,V. Teodoridis.2011. “The Late Eocene flora of Ku?lín near Bílina in North Bohemia revisited.”Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae, Series B ? Historia Naturalis 67(3-4): 83-144.

[3]	Cai Z.,F. Wei.1994. On a new pterosaur (Zhejiangopterus linhaiensis gen. et sp. nov.) from Upper Cretaceous in Linhai, Zhejiang, China. Vertebrata Palasiatica 32: 181-94.

[25]	Kräusel R.1949. Die fossilen Koniferen-Hölzer (unter Ausschluß vonAraucarioxylon Kraus) II. Teil. Kritische Untersuchungen zur Diagnostik lebender und fossiler Koniferen-Hölzer. Palaeontographica Abteilung B 89(4-6): 83-203.

[4]	Cai Z.,L. Zhao.1999. A long tailed bird from the Late Cretaceous of Zhejiang.Science in China, Series D-Earth Sciences 42(4): 434-41.

[26]	Kva?ek Z.,V. Teodoridis, and P. Roiron.2011. “A forgotten Miocene mastixioid flora of Arjuzanx (Landes, SW France).”Palaeontographica Abteilung B-Palaophytologie 285: 3-111.

[5]	Cai Z.Q.,Y.W. Yu.2001. Subdivision and correlation of the upper beds of the Cretaceous system in Zhejiang.Journal of Stratigraphy 25(4): 259-66.

[6]	Chen P.J.2000. Comments on the classification and correlation of non-marine Jurassic and Cretaceous of China.Journal of Stratigraphy 24(2): 114-19.

[26]	Kurzawe F.,S. Merlotti.2010. O complexoDadoxylon-Araucarioxylon, Carbonífero e Permiano do Gondwana: estudo taxonômico do gênero Araucarioxylon. Pesquisas em Geociências 37: 41-50.

[27]	Mateescu I.1956. “Studiul petrografic al c?rbunilor din Bazinul V?ii Jiului cu privire special? asupra c?rbunilor din regiunea Uricani-Câmpul lui Neag.”Annuaire du Comité Géologique 29: 125-95.

[27]	Laudoueneix M.1973. Sur deux bois homoxylés de la région de Lagon (Tchad).Toulouse: Compte rendu du 96ème Congrès national des Sociétés savantes de Paris et des départements, Sciences 5:107-131.

[28]	Mateescu I.1960. “Etude petrographique des charbons du Bassin de la Valee du Jiu, avec apercu special sur les charbons de la region Uricani-Cîmpul lui Neag (Basin de Petro?ani).” Annuaire du Comité Geologique 29-30: 39-55.

[29]	Mirza M. M.2007. “The genus Pronephrium C. Presl (Thelypteridaceae) from Bangladesh.”Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy 14: 37-45.

[30]	Pax F.1908. Grundzüge der Pflanyenverbreitung in der Karpathen. Leipzig: Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.

[31]	Petrescu I.1968. “Etude preliminaire de la flore Oligocene de la Valea Cet??ii (Roumanie).”Bulletin Mensuel de la Société linnéenne de Lyon 37: 294-302.

[32]	Petrescu I.1970. “Sur la flore oligocéne du Jac (Bassin de Agri?ului-Roumanie).”Bulletin Mensuel de la Société linnéenne de Lyon 39: 293-96.

[33]	Petrescu I.,R. Givulescu.1986. “Flore et vegetation de la Vallee du Jiu (Bassin de Petrosani), Roumanie.”Revue de Paléobiologie 5(1): 109-16.

[7]	Chen R.J.,W.J. Zheng,Y. Azuma,M. Shibata,T.L. Lou,Q. Jin, and X.S. Jin.2013a. A New Nodosaurid Ankylosaur from the Chaochuan Formation of Dongyang, Zhejiang Province, China.Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 87(3): 658-71.

[28]	Limarino C. O.,M. G. Passalia,M. Llorens,E. I. Vera,V. S. Perez Loinaze, and S. N. Césari.2012. Depositional environments and vegetation of Aptian sequences affected by volcanism in Patagonia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 323-325: 22-41.

[29]	Machhour L.,D. Pons.1992. Bois de coniférales dans l'Albien du synclinal du Beausset (Var, SE France): Signification paléogéographique et paléoclimatique.Geobios 25(2): 181-93.

[30]	Pant D. D.,V. K. Singh.1987. Xylotomy of some woods from Raniganj Formation (Permian), Raniganj Coalfield, India.Palaeontographica Abteilung B 203(1-3): 1-82.

[31]	Philippe M.1995. Bois fossiles du Jurassique de Franche-Comté (nord-est de la France): systématique et biogéographie.Palaeontographica Abteilung B 236: 45-103.

[32]	Philippe M.2002. Reappraisal of five fossil coniferous wood genera proposed by early American wood anatomists.IAWA Journal 23(3): 319-26.

[8]	Chen R.J.,J.C. Lü,Y.X. Zhu,Y. Azuma,W.J. Zheng,X.S. Jin,Y. Noda, and M. Shibata.2013b. Pterosaur tracks from the early Late Cretaceous of Dongyang City, Zhejiang Province, China.Geological Bulletin of China 32(5): 693-98.

[9]	Dong Z.M.1979. Cretaceous dinosaurs of Hunan, China. In: Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Nanjing Institute of Paleontology (Eds.). Mesozoic and Cenozoic Red Beds of South China: Selected Papers from the Cretaceous-Tertiary Workshop. Science Press, Nanxiong, pp. 342-50.

[10]	Du T.M.,H. Wu,X.S. Jin,G.Z. Jin, and Y.M. Sheng.2015. The features of footprint fossils from Guanyintang Village, Yiwu City, Zhejiang Province and the suggestions for protection.Research of Natural History and Museum 2: 54-60.

[11]	Farlow J.O.1992. Sauropod tracks and trackmakers: Integrating the ichnological and skeletal record.Zubia, 10: 89-138.

[34]	Petrescu I.,E. Nicorici,C. Bi?oianu, N. ?icleanu, C. Todros,M. Ionescu,G. M?rg?rit M. Nicorici,A. Du?a,I. P?tru?oiu A. Munteanu, and A. Buda, 1987. Geologia z?c?mintelor de c?rbuni. 2. Z?c?minte din România. Bucharest: Editura Tehnic?.

[35]	Petrescu I.,R. Givulescu, and O. Barbu.1997. Macro- ?i Microflora Oligocen? de la Corne?ti-Arghire?, România. Cluj-Napoca: Editura Carpatica.

[36]	Pop E. I.1959. “Studiul geologic al Bazinului Bozovici.”Buletinul Institutului de Mine Petro?ani 6: 79-95.

[37]	Popa M. E.1998. “The Liassic continental flora of Romania: Systematics, stratigraphy and paleoecology.” Acta Botanica Horti Bucurestensis 1997-1998: 177-84.

[38]	Popa M. E.2011. “Field and laboratory techniques in plant compressions: An integrated approach.”Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae 7: 279-83.

[39]	Popa M. E.2014. “Early Jurassic bennettitalean reproductive structures of Romania.”Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 94: 327-62.

[40]	Preda I.,C. Nedelcu.1987. “Les processes de diagenese de charbons de Bozovici.” Analele Universit??ii Din Bucure?ti, Seria Geologie 34.

[12]	Farlow J.O.,J.G. Pittman, and J.M. Hawthorne. 1989. Brontopodus birdi. Lower Cretaceous sauropod footprints from the US Gulf coastal plain. In: Gillette, D.D., and M.G. Lockley. (Eds.). Dinosaur Tracks and Traces, pp. 371-94.

[13]	Fuentes V.C.,C.M. Meijide, and F.F. Meijide.2004. Pteraichnus longipodus nov. ichno sp. in Oncala Mountain (Soria, Spain).Stvdia Geol Salmant 40: 103-14.

[14]	Gu Z.W.1982. Stratigraphic Correlation and Description of the Jurassic Strata in China. Beijing: Science Press, pp. 223-40.

[41]	Preda I.,I. Turcule?, A. B?d?lu??, T. Barus, and A. Androhovici.1994. Geologia z?c?mintelor de c?rbuni. Partea a II-a. R?spândirea z?c?mintelor de c?rbuni. Bucure?ti: Editura Universit??ii din Bucure?ti.

[42]	R?ileanu G.1955. Cercet?ri geologice în regiunea Cluj - Apahida - Sic. D?ri de seam? ale Institutului Geologic, XXXIX, pp. 128-45.

[43]	R?ileanu G.,N. Grigora? N. Oncescu, and T. Pli?c?.1963. Geologia z?c?mintelor de c?rbuni, cu privire special? asupra teritoriului RPR. Bucure?ti: Editura Tehnic?.

[44]	Salino A.,M. G. M. De Souza, and A. J. Arruda.2014. “Thelypteris indusiata (Thelypteridaceae), a new fern species from Amazonian Brazil.”Phytotaxa 156: 279-84.

[45]	Staub M.1887. “Die aquitanische Flora des Zsilthales im Comitate Hunyad.” Mittheilungen aus dem Jahrbuche der Kgl. ungarischen Geologischen Anstalt 7 (6): 3-197.

[46]	Stur D.1863. “Bericht über die geoloische Übersichtsaufnahme des südliches Siebenbürgen im Sommer 1860.”Jb. k. k. Geol. R.-A. 13: 33-120.

[15]	He Q.,L.D. Xing,J.P. Zhang,M.G. Lockley,H. Klein,W.S.IV Persons,L.Q. Qi, and C.K. Jia.2013. New Early Cretaceous pterosaur-bird track assemblage from Xinjiang, China — Palaeoethology and palaeoenvironment.Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 87(6): 1477-485.

[47]	Süss H.,E. Velitzelos.1993. “Eine neue Protopinaceae der Formgattung Pinoxylon Knowlton emend. Read, P. parenchymatosum sp. nov., aus tertiären Schichten der Insel Lemnos, Griechenland.”Feddes Repertorium 104: 335-41.

[48]	Teichmüller R.1958. “Rekonstruktionen verschiedener Moortypen des Haupt-flözes der niederrheinischen Braunkohle”. Fortschritte in der Geologie von Rheinland und Westfalen, 2, pp. 721-50.

[33]	Philippe M.,M. K. Bamford,S. McLoughlin,L. S. R. Alves,H. Falcon-Lang S. Gnaedinger,G. Ottone,M. Pole,A. Rajanikanth,R. E. Shoemaker,T. Torres , and A. B. Zamuner.2004a. Biogeographic analysis of Jurassic-Early Cretaceous wood assemblages from Gondwana.Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 129: 141-173.

[49]	Teodoridis V.2007. “Revision of Potamogeton fossils from the Most Basin and their palaeoecological significance (Early Miocene, Czech Republic).” Bulletin of Geosciences 409-18. doi: 10.3140/bull.geosci.2007.04.409.

[50]	Teodoridis V.,Z. Kva?ek.2006. “Palaeobotanical research of the Early Miocene deposits overlying the main coal seam (Libkovice and Lom Members) in the Most Basin (Czech Republic).”Bulletin of Geosciences 81: 93-113.

[51]	Unger F.1847. Chloris protogaea: Beitrage zur Flora der Vorwelt. Leipzig: W. Engelmann

[16]	Jin X.S.,T. Du, W. Zheng, T. He, M. Ding, J. Xie, F. Yu, and Y. Sheng. 2012. Dinosaurs walking in Zhejiang: Dinosaurs of Zhejiang Province. Hangzhou: Zhejiang People’s Fine Arts Publishing House.

[52]	Velitzelos D.,J. M. Bouchal, and T. Denk.2014. “Review of the Cenozoic floras and vegetation of Greece.”Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 204: 56-117.

[53]	Velitzelos E.1993. “Neue paläofloristische Daten zu känophytischen Floren Griechenlands.”Documenta Naturae 87: 1-17.

[34]	Philippe, Marc, V. Suteethorn, P. Lutat, E. Buffetaut, L. Cavin, G. Cuny,G. Barale.2004b. Stratigraphical and palaeobiogeographical significance of fossil wood from the Mesozoic Khorat Group of Thailand.Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer 141(3): 319-28.

[54]	Velitzelos E.,Z. Kva?ek, and D. Velitzelos.2002. “New Oligocene leaf floras from the volcanic complex of the Evros Mountains.” 6^th European Paleobotany-Palynology Conference Athens, Greece, 185-186.

[17]	Lee Y.N.,Y. Azuma, H.J. Lee, M. Shibata, and J. Lü. 2010. The first pterosaur trackways from Japan. Cretaceous Research 31: 263-73.

[35]	Philippe M.,M. K. Bamford.2008. A key to morphogenera used for Mesozoic conifer-like woods.Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 148(2): 184-207.

[55]	Walther H.1977. “Versuch der Rekonstruktion einer ter- tiären Landflora am Beispiel von Seifhennersdorf.” Abhandlungen undBerichte des Naturkundemuseums Görlitz 51(2): 23-25.

[36]	Philippe M.2011. How many species ofAraucarioxylon? Comptes Rendus Palevol 10(2-3): 201-208.

[56]	Walther H.,Z. Kva?ek.2007. “Early Oligocene Flora of Seifhennersdorf (Saxony).”Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae 63(2-4): 85-174.

[57]	Zhang X.-C.2012. Lycophytes and Ferns of China. Beijing: Peking University Press.

[37]	Philippe M.,V. Suteethorn, and É. Buffetaut.2011. Révision deBrachyoxylon rotnaense Mathiesen, description de B. serrae n. sp. et conséquences pour la stratigraphie du Crétacé inférieur d'Asie du Sud-Est. Geodiversitas 33: 25-32.

[38]	Philippe M.,A. Boura,C. Oh, and D. Pons.2014. Shimakuroxylon a new homoxylous Mesozoic wood genus from Asia, with palaeogeographical and palaeoecological implications. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 204: 18-26.

[39]	Ren, Wen-Xiu, Bai-Nian Sun, Xiang-Chuan Li, Jing-Yu Wu, Liang Xiao,Yong-Dong Wang.2008. Microstructures of two species of Cheirolepidiaceae from Cretaceous in Zhejiang, China and its paleoenvironmental significance.Acta Geologica Sinica 82(5): 577-83 (in Chinese with English abstract).

[40]	Shi, Xiao, Jian-Xin Yu, J. Broutin,D. Pons.2015. Junggaropitys, a new gymnosperm stem from the Middle-Late Triassic of Junggar Basin, Northwest China, and its palaeoecological and palaeoclimatic implications. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 223: 10-20.

[41]	Sze H. C.1951. Petrified woods from northern Manchuria.Science Record 4(4): 443-457.

[42]	Seward A. C.1919. Fossil Plants, vol. 4. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 217-286.

[43]	Tian, Ning, Ao-Wei Xie, Yong-Dong Wang, Zi-Kun Jiang, Li-Qin Li, Ya-Lei Yin, Zhi-Peng Zhu,Jia-Jia Wang.2015. New records of Jurassic petrified wood in Jianchang of western Liaoning, China and their palaeoclimate implications.Science China Earth Sciences 58(12): 2154-64.

[44]	Tian, Ning, Yong-Dong Wang, Marc Philippe, Li-Qin Li, Xiao-Ping Xie,Zi-Kun Jiang.2016. New record of fossil woodXenoxylon from the Late Triassic in the Sichuan Basin, southern China and its paleoclimatic implications. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 464: 65-75.

[18]	Li D.Q.,L.D. Xing,M.G. Lockley,L. Piñuela,J.P. Zhang,H. Dai,J.Y. Kim,W.S.IV. Persons, and D.L. Kong.2015. A manus dominated pterosaur track assemblage from Gansu, China: Implications for behavior.Science Bulletin 60(2): 264-72.

[45]	Torrey R. E.1923. The comparative anatomy and phylogeny of the Coniferales, Part. 3: Mesozoic and Tertiary coniferous woods.Memoirs of Boston Society of Natural History 6: 39-106.

[46]	Terada K.,H. Nishida, and Ge Sun.2011. Fossil woods from the Upper Cretaceous to Paleocene of Heilongjang (Amur) River area of China and Russia.Global Geology 14(3): 192-203.

[47]	Vera E. I.,S. N. Césari.2015. New Species of Conifer Wood from the Baqueró Group (Early Cretaceous) of Patagonia.Ameghiniana 52(4): 468-71.

[48]	Vozenin-Serra C.,D. Pons.1990. Intérêts phylogénétique et paléoécologique des structures ligneuses homoxylées découvertes dans le Crétacé inférieur du Tibet méridional.Palaeontographica Abteilung B, 216: 107-27.

[49]	Wan, Ming-Li, Wei-Ming Zhou, Peng Tang, Lu-Jun Liu,Jun Wang.2016. Xenoxylon junggarensis sp. nov., a new gymnospermous fossil wood from the Norian (Triassic) Huangshanjie Formation in northwestern China, and its palaeoclimatic implications. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 441(4): 679-87.

[50]	Wang, Yong-Dong, Xiao-Ju Yang, Wu Zhang, Shao-Lin Zheng,Ning Tian.2009. Biodiversity and palaeoclimatic implications of fossil wood from the non-marine Jurassic of China.Episodes 32(1): 13-20.

[51]	Wang, Yong-Dong, Ning Tian, Zi-Kun Jiang, Xiao-Ju Yang,Qiu-Hong Ding.2017. Recent advances in Mesozoic fossil wood studies in China: Diversity variations and palaeoclimate implications.Earth Sciences Frontiers 24(1): 52-64 (in Chinese with English abstract).

[19]	Li J.H.,Z.L. Ma,Y.Q. Zhang,S.W. Dong,Y. Li,M.A. Lu, and J.P. Tan.2014. Tectonic evolution of Cretaceous extensional basins in Zhejiang Province, eastern South China: Structural and geochronological constraints.International Geology Review 56(13): 1602-29.

[52]	Wang, Ru-Feng, Yu-Fe Wang,Yong-Zhe Chen.1996. Cupressinoxylon Jiayinense, a new species of the Late Cretaceous from the Heilongjiang Province, China. IAWA Journal 17(3): 319-26.

[53]	Yang, Jia-Ju, Guo-Fan Qi,Rui-Hu Xu.1990. Studies on fossil woods excavated from the Dabie Mountains.Scientia Silvae Sinicae 26(4): 379-83 (in Chinese with English abstract).

[54]	Yang, Xiao-Ju, Yong-Dong Wang,Wu Zhang.2013. Occurrences of Early Cretaceous fossil woods in China: Implications for paleoclimates.Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 385: 213-20.

[55]	Yu, Yun-Wen,Bu-Tai Xu.1999. Stratigraphical sequence and geochronology of the Upper Mesozoic volcano-sedimentary rock series in Zhejiang.Journal of Stratigraphy 23(2): 136-45 (in Chinese with English abstract).

[20]	Li X.H.,S.D. Chen,J.H. Luo,Y. Wan,K. Cao, and L. Liu.2011. Single zircon U-Pb isotope chronology of the Early Cretaceous Jiande Group from western Zhejiang, SE China: Significances to stratigraphy. Geological Review 57(6): 825-36 (in Chinese with English Abstract).

[21]	Liu J.C.,Y.Z. Zhao.1927. Geology of western Zhejiang.Geological Report 9: 51-73 (in Chinese with English Abstract).

[22]	Lockley M.G.,J. Wright,D. White,J.J. Li,L. Feng, and H. Li.2002. The first sauropod trackways from China.Cretaceous Research 23: 363-81.

[23]	Lockley M.G.,J.D. Harris, and L. Mitchell.2008. A global overview of pterosaur ichnology: Tracksite distribution in space and time.Zitteliana B28, 187-98.

[24]	Lockley M.G.,J.O. Farlow, and C.A. Meyer.1994. Brontopodus and Parabrontopodus ichnogen. nov. and the significance of wide- and narrow-gauge sauropod trackways. Gaia 10: 135-45.

[56]	Zhang, Wu, Yong Li, Sao-Lin Zheng, N. Li, Y. D. Wang, X. J. Yang, J. J. Yang, T. M. Yi, X. P. Fu. 2006. Fossil Woods of China. Beijing: China Forest Publishing House (in Chinese).

[57]	Zhang, Feng, Xu-Feng Hu, Xun-Qian Wang, Can Xiong,Yi-De Hu.2015. The discovery of Middle Jurassic petrified wood from Qijiang in Chongqing and its scientific significances.Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 54(2): 261-66 (in Chinese with English abstract).

[58]	Zhang, Feng, Feng-Ping Wang, Wei Li, Hai-Ping Zhang, Xu-Feng Hu, Xun-Qian Wang,Hai-Dong Yu.2016. Discovery of Late Jurassic petrified wood from Penglaizhen Formation of Qijiang, southern Chongqing and its scientific significances.Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 55(2): 207-13 (in Chinese with English abstract).

[59]	Zhou, Zhi-Yan.1983. A heterophyllous cheirolepidiaceous conifer from the Cretaceous of East China.Palaeontology 26(4): 789-811.