DISCOVERY OF Autunia conferta (STERNBERG) KERP ON NORTHERN MARGIN OF TARIM PLATE

Callipterid is an important and highly heterogeneous group of fossil plants in the Permian continental strata of the northern hemisphere, in which Callipteris conferta(Sternberg)Brongniart is the most famous representative because its first appearance in the strata was considered as an index fossil for the beginning of the Permian terrestrial depos-

新疆南部早二叠世美羊齿类的发现

保存良好的Autunia conferta.和Dichophyllum flabellifera近来在新疆塔里木盆地西北缘下二叠统上部的发现,是在塔里木盆地的首次记录.这两个种以前曾被归于Callipteris属内,后来Kerp指出该属的属名有问题,便与Haubold提出了形态属Callipteris的重新划分方案,这一方案笔者表示完全同意.A.conferta是欧美植物群中早二叠世常见分子,在中欧的少数地点亦见于上石炭统上部,在中国则极少发现,仅见报道于河北开平赵各庄群上部和山西太原下石盒子组.D.flabellifera是欧美植物群中的另一早二叠分子,在西欧和北美的上石炭统上部亦见少数先驱分子,在华夏植物群中从未发现过.本文记载为其在国内首次记录.上述发现在古植物地理上具有一定意义.