A silicified wood, Palaeocupressinoxylon uniseriale n. gen. n. sp., is described from the upper Permian of the Central Taodonggou section,Turpan–Hami Basin, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, northwestern China. Multidisciplinary data including U–Pb ID–TIMS zircon dating,vertebrate and invertebrate biostratigraphic, and cyclostratigraphic correlation from current and previous studies indicate that the fossil bearinginterval is Wuchiapingian (late Permian) in age. The pycnoxylic wood consists of thick-walled tracheids and parenchymatous rays. It is characterizedby separated uniseriate radial tracheidal pits, uniseriate ray cells, and cupressoid cross-field pitting. The absence of growth rings in the wood,together with the occurrence of Argillisols, Gleysols, and Histosols above and below the fossil interval, suggests that a stable landscape and aperennially humid climate prevailed in the Taodonggou area during the Wuchiapingian.
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Zhuotingoxylon liaoi gen. et sp. nov., a silicified coniferous trunk from the Changhsingian (Permian) of southern Bogda Mountains, northwestern China
A silicified trunk,
- Award ID(s):
- 1714749
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10448207
- Publisher / Repository:
- Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Geological Journal
- Volume:
- 56
- Issue:
- 12
- ISSN:
- 0072-1050
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- p. 6135-6150
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- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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