The wood anatomy of corystosperms is fundamentally consistent with that of gymnosperms,yet their growth ring boundaries share anatomical features with extant angiosperms.This transitional morphology strongly supports ...The wood anatomy of corystosperms is fundamentally consistent with that of gymnosperms,yet their growth ring boundaries share anatomical features with extant angiosperms.This transitional morphology strongly supports the interpretation of corystosperms as an evolutionary intermediate between gymnosperms and angiosperms.The first application of X-Ray fluorescence(XRF)chemical analysis to fossil wood taxa of Fengweioxylon yielded the above conclusion.By using growth ring analysis and ecological reconstructions,we suggest that corystosperms were large evergreen trees with leaf retention periods of three to five years.They likely thrived in warm summer environments where prolonged foliage retention provided adaptive benefits.展开更多
Corystosperms, an extinct group of “seed ferns” that lived from the late Permian to the Cretaceous or Eocene, are significant for seed plant phylogeny for their unique roles in partially resolving the long-standing ...Corystosperms, an extinct group of “seed ferns” that lived from the late Permian to the Cretaceous or Eocene, are significant for seed plant phylogeny for their unique roles in partially resolving the long-standing question of angiosperm origins.A new fossil wood taxon, Fengweioxylon sinense gen. et sp. nov. is reported here based on exceptionally preserved wood material from the Jurassic in western Liaoning, China, whose peculiar wood structure enables it to be recognized as the first unequivocal fossil wood record of a corystosperm plant in Laurasia. The anatomical structures of this corystosperm wood show gymnospermous characters. The discovery of the new specimen will provide more anatomical evidence for understanding the systematic and affinity of this seed plants.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(U2544204,42172034,42330208,42288201)the China Geological Survey Project(Grant Nos.DD20243469,DD20221829).
文摘The wood anatomy of corystosperms is fundamentally consistent with that of gymnosperms,yet their growth ring boundaries share anatomical features with extant angiosperms.This transitional morphology strongly supports the interpretation of corystosperms as an evolutionary intermediate between gymnosperms and angiosperms.The first application of X-Ray fluorescence(XRF)chemical analysis to fossil wood taxa of Fengweioxylon yielded the above conclusion.By using growth ring analysis and ecological reconstructions,we suggest that corystosperms were large evergreen trees with leaf retention periods of three to five years.They likely thrived in warm summer environments where prolonged foliage retention provided adaptive benefits.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 42172034, 41772023, 41972022, 42330208, 41930218, 42288201)the China Geological Survey Project (Grant Nos. DD20243469, DD20221829)the Strategic Priority Program (B) of CAS (Grant No. XDB26000000)。
文摘Corystosperms, an extinct group of “seed ferns” that lived from the late Permian to the Cretaceous or Eocene, are significant for seed plant phylogeny for their unique roles in partially resolving the long-standing question of angiosperm origins.A new fossil wood taxon, Fengweioxylon sinense gen. et sp. nov. is reported here based on exceptionally preserved wood material from the Jurassic in western Liaoning, China, whose peculiar wood structure enables it to be recognized as the first unequivocal fossil wood record of a corystosperm plant in Laurasia. The anatomical structures of this corystosperm wood show gymnospermous characters. The discovery of the new specimen will provide more anatomical evidence for understanding the systematic and affinity of this seed plants.
