conducted under the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.41172022);the Funds of Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources,Gansu Province (No.SZD-KFJJ20150603);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No.lzujbky-2016-202)
Well-preserved Ginkgo pollen organs are analyzed from the Middle Jurassic Xishanyao Formation of the Turpan–Hami Basin, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, northwestern China, and are described as a new species, Ginkgo...
granted by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.41302009, 41402008, 41172022 and 41172021);the Foundation of the State Key Laboratory of Paleobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, CAS (No.133102);the NSF EAR-0746105 to YSL
In Europe, fossil fruits and seeds of Rhodoleia(Hamamelidaceae) have been described from the Upper Cretaceous to the Miocene, whereas no fossil record of Rhodoleia has been reported in Asia, where the modern species...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.41202008,41202009,41172022);the Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Province of China (No.2011JQ5012);the Special Fund for Basic Scientific Research of Central Colleges,Chang'an University(Nos. 2014G1271061,CHD2011JC122,CHD2011TD005, 20I4G3272013,2013G3274021 and 2013G1271101);the Foundation of the State Key Laboratory of Paleobiology and Stratigraphy,Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology,Chinese Academy of Sciences (No.123112)
The extant genus Paliurus Miller is divided into P. ramosissimus and P. spina-christi groups and is diagnostically characterized by distinctive orbicular-winged fruits with a trilocular (or often bilocular) ovary an...
conducted under the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41172022);Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education(Grant No.20120211110022,20100211110019);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.lzujbky2014-285)
Fossil bamboo leaves and pollen from Upper Miocene deposits of the Shengxian Formation in Tiantai and Ninghai counties, eastern Zhejiang, China represent a rare record in Asia. The distinctive pseudopetiole and parall...
financially supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(973 Program)(No.2012CB822003);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41172022);Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education(No.20120211110022)
A new Quercus (Fagaceae) morphospecies is described based on well-preserved fossil leaves.The fossils were collected from Yangyi Formation of the Upper Pliocene at the Yangyi coalmine,Baoshan,western Yunnan,China.De...
supported by National Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2012CB822003);National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.41172022);Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education(Grant No.20120211110022)
In this study, 39 leaf samples of three angiosperms (Betula albo-sinensis, tree species; and Caragana jubata and Berberis diaphana, shrub species) were collected in the middle-east parts at 2300-3640 m asl of the Qi...