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Megafossils of Betulaceae from the Oligocene of Qaidam Basin and their paleoenvironmental and phytogeographic implications

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Understanding the paleoenvironment and phytogeographical history of the Tibetan Plateau,China relies on discovering new plant fossils.The Qaidam Basin has long been regarded as an ideal'field laboratory'to investigate the paleoclimate and paleobiological evolution of the northern Tibetan Plateau.However,fossil angiosperms from the Qaidam Basin are rare,and our knowledge of its paleovegetation is poor.Here,we report fossil leaves and fruits of Betulaceae found from the Oligocene Shangganchaigou For-mation of northwestern Qaidam Basin(Huatugou area).Comparative morphological analysis led us to assign the fruits to the Betula subgenus Betula and the leaves to Carpinus grandis.These findings,together with other reported fossil plants from the same locality,reveal a close floristic linkage between the Qaidam Basin and Europe during the Oligocene.The northern pathway of this floristic exchange may have crossed through the Qaidam Basin during the late Paleogene.This floristic linkage may have been facilitated by the continuous narrowing of the Turgai Strait and stronger westerlies,which transported moisture and provided favorable climatic conditions.Indeed,fossil plants collected from the Qaidam Basin suggest that during the Oligocene this region had warm and humid deciduous broad-leaf forest,which differs from the region's modern vegetation and indicates that the Qaidam Basin may have been a suitable region for these plants to flourish and spread during the Oligocene.

PaleoenvironmentBiogeographyBetulaceous fossilQaidam basinTibetan PlateauOligocene

Tao Yang、Jia-Hao Cai、Yan-Zhi Dai、Hong-Yu Chen、Lei Han、Li Zhang、Wei-Yu Liang、Xu-Jun Li、Wen-Jia Li、Jing-Yu Wu、San-Ping Xie、De-Fei Yan

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School of Earth Sciences and Key Laboratory of Mineral Resources in Western China(Gansu Province),Lanzhou University,Lanzhou 730000,China

Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100044,China

State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy,Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology and Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Nanjing 210008,China

Center for Research and Education on Biological Evolution and Environments,School of Earth Sciences and Engineering,Nanjing University,Nanjing 210023,China

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中国博士后科学基金Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition Research Program国家自然科学基金国家自然科学基金国家自然科学基金国家自然科学基金中国科学院战略规划重点项目(B类)

2022M7231512019QZKK070442172005412720264197200831870200XDB26000000

2024

10.1016/j.pld.2023.03.007

植物多样性(英文)
中国科学院昆明植物研究所，中国植物学会

植物多样性(英文)

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影响因子：0.617
ISSN：2096-2703
年,卷(期)：2024.46(1)
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