A new species of Zelkova (Ulmaceae, Ulmoideae) with leaves and fruits from the Oligocene of South China and its biogeographical implications

doi:10.1080/08912963.2015.1049538

	A new species of Zelkova (Ulmaceae, Ulmoideae) with leaves and fruits from the Oligocene of South China and its biogeographical implications
	Ma, FJ (Ma, Fu-Jun); Sun, BN (孙柏年); Wang, QJ (Wang, Qiu-Jun); Dong, JL (Dong, Jun-Ling); Yang, Y (Yang, Yi); Yan, DF (闫德飞)
	2016
发表期刊	Historical Biology
ISSN	0891-2963
卷号	29 期号:1 页码:1-10
摘要	A new fossil species of Zelkova is described from the Oligocene Ningming Formation of Guangxi, South China. Zelkova ningmingensis sp. nov. is characterized by leaves with craspedodromous venation pattern and drupaceous fruit type. The new species possesses elliptical to ovate leaves, bearing 7-12 pairs of secondary and simple toothed margin, as well as epidermal cells with straight or rounded anticlinal walls. The species is compared with extant and other fossil species hitherto reported of the genus. It is most similar to the living Zelkova schneideriana in the leaf gross morphology and epidermal characters, which may be suggested to be the ancestral type of Zelkova schneideriana. The discovery of Zelkova ningmingensis sp. nov. in Guangxi indicates that Zelkova has already existed in southern China as early as the Oligocene. In combination with Zelkova material from the Oligocene of Europe, it can be inferred that Eurasian Zelkova had begun to diversify by at least the Oligocene. Because China is the biodiversity centre of modern Zelkova, the fossil herein provides new insights into Zelkova biogeography.
关键词	Zelkova Oligocene China divergence biogeography
DOI	10.1080/08912963.2015.1049538
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics ; Paleontology
WOS类目	Biology ; Paleontology
WOS记录号	WOS:000390221800001
出版者	TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.nigpas.ac.cn/handle/332004/12785
专题	中国科学院南京地质古生物研究所
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Ma, FJ ,Sun, BN ,Wang, QJ ,et al. A new species of Zelkova (Ulmaceae, Ulmoideae) with leaves and fruits from the Oligocene of South China and its biogeographical implications[J]. Historical Biology,2016,29(1):1-10.
APA	Ma, FJ ,Sun, BN ,Wang, QJ ,Dong, JL ,Yang, Y ,&Yan, DF .(2016).A new species of Zelkova (Ulmaceae, Ulmoideae) with leaves and fruits from the Oligocene of South China and its biogeographical implications.Historical Biology,29(1),1-10.
MLA	Ma, FJ ,et al."A new species of Zelkova (Ulmaceae, Ulmoideae) with leaves and fruits from the Oligocene of South China and its biogeographical implications".Historical Biology 29.1(2016):1-10.