supported by the Knowledge Innovation Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(KZCX-2-YW-154);the National Basic Research Program of China(2012CB822000 and 2006CB701401);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (40972008, 40472004 and J0930006);UNESCO-IUGS Project IGCP 506
The genus Sciadopitys, containing a single species (S. verticillata), is the only extant representative of the Family Sciadopityaceae (Coniferales), and is a remarkable living fossil. Although some leafy fossils have ...
National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (No. 40472004)
The end-Triassic mass extinction event is extensively known, however, the terrestrial response of this event is still poorly understood. Here we briefly report our preliminary results on the variation of floral divers...
National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 40472004);Major Basic Research Project of Ministry of Science and Technology of China (No.2006CB701401)
The Marattiales is one of the oldest lineages of vascular plants with extensive fossil records dated back to the Carboniferous. Understanding the fossil diversity variation and distribution pattern is helpful for expl...