Shanxioxylon yangquanense sp. nov., a new Kasimovian cordaitalean axis from the Benxi Formation (Pennsylvanian, Carboniferous) of Yangquan City, Shanxi Province, North China

IF 1.7 3区地球科学 Q2 PALEONTOLOGY

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology Pub Date : 2025-01-26 DOI:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2025.105287

Keyu Wang , Gaowen Jia , Liyang Dong , Jin Wang , Shijun Wang , Jun Wang , Mingli Wan

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Abstract

A new Kasimovian cordaitalean fossil axis, Shanxioxylon yangquanense sp. nov., is described from the Pennsylvanian Benxi Formation of Yangquan City, Shanxi Province, North China. The axis is composed of the pith, primary xylem, secondary xylem, phloem and cortex. The pith is septate or hollow, heterogeneous, with parenchyma cells and spherical secretory cavities distributed at the periphery. Cauline bundles are endarch. Leaf traces are mesarch, mostly diverging from pith margin as single bundle. Double leaf traces are present occasionally. The secondary xylem is pycnoxylic, featured by dominantly araucarian uniseriate radial tracheid pits and cupressoid cross-field pitting. The fossil axis represents the third and oldest species of Shanxioxylon (Tian et Wang) Wang et al. from the upper Paleozoic of Cathaysia, indicating that this endemic cordaitalean genus had evolved by at least the Kasimovian in North China. Shanxioxylon yangquanense sp. nov. is proposed to have lived as an arborescent form in the clastic wetland of stream riparian zones under a perhumid climate based on its great morphological and anatomical similarities to Agathoxylon leei (Sze) Wang et Wan from the same fossil interval.

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Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 地学-古生物学

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3.50

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21.10%

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149

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6 months

期刊介绍： The Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology is an international journal for articles in all fields of palaeobotany and palynology dealing with all groups, ranging from marine palynomorphs to higher land plants. Original contributions and comprehensive review papers should appeal to an international audience. Typical topics include but are not restricted to systematics, evolution, palaeobiology, palaeoecology, biostratigraphy, biochronology, palaeoclimatology, paleogeography, taphonomy, palaeoenvironmental reconstructions, vegetation history, and practical applications of palaeobotany and palynology, e.g. in coal and petroleum geology and archaeology. The journal especially encourages the publication of articles in which palaeobotany and palynology are applied for solving fundamental geological and biological problems as well as innovative and interdisciplinary approaches.