financially supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2006CB701401);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.31270277)
Abundant palynological fossils are found from the drill core in the west slope of Songliao Basin, the first full coring borehole that drilled throughout the Neogene. Two Palynological assemblages are recognized accord...
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 ...
supported by the National Basic Research Pro-gram of China (Grant No. 2006CB701401);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41002004);China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant No. 20090451258);the Fund of LPS, Nanjing Insti-tute of Geology and Palaeontology, CAS (Grant No. 103107)
Quantitative reconstructions of atmospheric CO2 by using terrestrial and marine records are critical for understanding the so-called "greenhouse" conditions in the Cretaceous, but data from terrestrial plants for se...