The Middle Jurassic Hangfanggou Formation is well exposed in Shangsanjiao and Xiasanjiao villages area,Baimashi town of Huludao,western Liaoning,China.Recently,abundant fossil plants were collected from the Hangfanggo...The Middle Jurassic Hangfanggou Formation is well exposed in Shangsanjiao and Xiasanjiao villages area,Baimashi town of Huludao,western Liaoning,China.Recently,abundant fossil plants were collected from the Hangfanggou Formation.One new species,Anomozamites sanjiaocunensis sp.nov.(Bennettitales),is described in this study.This is the first report of the genus Anomozamites from the Haifanggou Formation based upon the leaf morphology and epidermal structures.The discovery of the new species extends significantly the stratigraphic and geographic distribution of Anomozamites in the Middle Jurassic.It also shows that Anomozamites was a common member of Bennettitales once lived in the Middle Jurassic warm temperate region.The new species also improves the knowledge on understanding the leaf morphology,epidermal features and the diversity of Anomozamites during the Middle Jurassic.The epidermal characters of the new species and its associated plants reveal that the plants grew in a warm and moderately humid environment in the warm temperate zone.The presence of some deciduous plants,such as ginkgoaleans,czekanowskialeans and conifers,indicate the climate with seasonal fluctuations in temperature.展开更多
The uplift of eastern Tibet,Asian monsoon development and the evolution of globally significant Asian biodiversity are all linked,but in obscure ways.Sedimentology,geochronology,clumped isotope thermometry,and fossil ...The uplift of eastern Tibet,Asian monsoon development and the evolution of globally significant Asian biodiversity are all linked,but in obscure ways.Sedimentology,geochronology,clumped isotope thermometry,and fossil leaf-derived numerical climate data from the Relu Basin,eastern Tibet,show at~50–45 Ma the basin was a hot(mean annual air temperature,MAAT,~27℃)dry desert at a low-elevation of 0.6±0.6 km.Rapid basin rise to 2.0±0.9 km at 45–42 Ma and to 2.9±0.9 km at 42–40 Ma,with MAATs of~20 and~16℃,respectively,accompanied seasonally varying increased annual precipitation to>1500 mm.From~39 to 34 Ma,the basin attained 3.5±1.0 km,near its present-day elevation(~3.7 km),and MAAT cooled to~6℃.Numerically-modelled Asian monsoon strength increased significantly when this Eocene uplift of eastern Tibet was incorporated.The simulation/proxy congruence points to a distinctive Eocene Asian monsoon,quite unlike that seen today,in that it featured bimodal precipitation and a winter-wet regime,and this enhanced biodiversity modernisation across eastern Asia.The Paleogene biodiversity of Asia evolved under a continually modifying monsoon influence,with the modern Asian monsoon system being unique to the present and a product of a long gradual development in the context of an ever-changing Earth system.展开更多
基金supported by China Geological Survey Grant (12120111201491212011085275 )+2 种基金National Natural Science Foundation of China (41172009 )Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education grant (2010061110034)Project "111" of China
文摘The Middle Jurassic Hangfanggou Formation is well exposed in Shangsanjiao and Xiasanjiao villages area,Baimashi town of Huludao,western Liaoning,China.Recently,abundant fossil plants were collected from the Hangfanggou Formation.One new species,Anomozamites sanjiaocunensis sp.nov.(Bennettitales),is described in this study.This is the first report of the genus Anomozamites from the Haifanggou Formation based upon the leaf morphology and epidermal structures.The discovery of the new species extends significantly the stratigraphic and geographic distribution of Anomozamites in the Middle Jurassic.It also shows that Anomozamites was a common member of Bennettitales once lived in the Middle Jurassic warm temperate region.The new species also improves the knowledge on understanding the leaf morphology,epidermal features and the diversity of Anomozamites during the Middle Jurassic.The epidermal characters of the new species and its associated plants reveal that the plants grew in a warm and moderately humid environment in the warm temperate zone.The presence of some deciduous plants,such as ginkgoaleans,czekanowskialeans and conifers,indicate the climate with seasonal fluctuations in temperature.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China Basic Science Center for Tibetan Plateau Earth System(41988101)the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program(2019QZKK0708)+2 种基金the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA20070301)the National Natural Science Foundation of China-Natural Environment Research Council of the United Kingdom Joint Research Program(41661134049 and NE/P013805/1)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(41941016)。
文摘The uplift of eastern Tibet,Asian monsoon development and the evolution of globally significant Asian biodiversity are all linked,but in obscure ways.Sedimentology,geochronology,clumped isotope thermometry,and fossil leaf-derived numerical climate data from the Relu Basin,eastern Tibet,show at~50–45 Ma the basin was a hot(mean annual air temperature,MAAT,~27℃)dry desert at a low-elevation of 0.6±0.6 km.Rapid basin rise to 2.0±0.9 km at 45–42 Ma and to 2.9±0.9 km at 42–40 Ma,with MAATs of~20 and~16℃,respectively,accompanied seasonally varying increased annual precipitation to>1500 mm.From~39 to 34 Ma,the basin attained 3.5±1.0 km,near its present-day elevation(~3.7 km),and MAAT cooled to~6℃.Numerically-modelled Asian monsoon strength increased significantly when this Eocene uplift of eastern Tibet was incorporated.The simulation/proxy congruence points to a distinctive Eocene Asian monsoon,quite unlike that seen today,in that it featured bimodal precipitation and a winter-wet regime,and this enhanced biodiversity modernisation across eastern Asia.The Paleogene biodiversity of Asia evolved under a continually modifying monsoon influence,with the modern Asian monsoon system being unique to the present and a product of a long gradual development in the context of an ever-changing Earth system.
