KMS Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeonotology,CAS
The mid-Miocene Zhangpu biota reveals an outstandingly rich rainforest biome in East Asia | |
Wang, Bo (王博)1,2![]() ![]() | |
2021-04-01 | |
Source Publication | SCIENCE ADVANCES
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ISSN | 2375-2548 |
Volume | 7Issue:18Pages:7 |
Abstract | During the Mid-Miocene Climatic Optimum [MMCO, similar to 14 to 17 million years (Ma) ago], global temperatures were similar to predicted temperatures for the coming century. Limited megathermal paleoclimatic and fossil data are known from this period, despite its potential as an analog for future climate conditions. Here, we report a rich middle Miocene rainforest biome, the Zhangpu biota (similar to 14.7 Ma ago), based on material preserved in amber and associated sedimentary rocks from southeastern China. The record shows that the mid-Miocene rainforest reached at least 24.2 degrees N and was more widespread than previously estimated. Our results not only highlight the role of tropical rainforests acting as evolutionary museums for biodiversity at the generic level but also suggest that the MMCO probably strongly shaped the East Asian biota via the northern expansion of the megathermal rainforest biome. The Zhangpu biota provides an ideal snapshot for biodiversity redistribution during global warming. |
DOI | 10.1126/sciadv.abg0625 |
Indexed By | SCI |
Language | 英语 |
WOS Keyword | DIVERSE PALEOBIOTA ; ANTS HYMENOPTERA ; SOUTHEAST CHINA ; CLIMATE-CHANGE ; EARLY EOCENE ; FUJIAN ; AMBER ; LEJEUNEACEAE ; JUNGERMANNIOPSIDA ; MARCHANTIOPHYTA |
Funding Project | Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences[XDB26000000] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41688103] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41772014] ; Youth Innovation Promotion Association, CAS[2017359] ; German Research Foundation (DFG)[FE 1240/2-1] ; German Research Foundation (DFG)[423862824] ; Natural Environment Research Council (UK)/National Natural Science Foundation of China[NE/P013805/1] ; German VolkswagenStiftung[90946] ; Chinese Academy of Sciences |
WOS Research Area | Science & Technology - Other Topics |
WOS Subject | Multidisciplinary Sciences |
WOS ID | WOS:000677572600019 |
Funding Organization | Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Youth Innovation Promotion Association, CAS ; German Research Foundation (DFG) ; Natural Environment Research Council (UK)/National Natural Science Foundation of China ; German VolkswagenStiftung ; Chinese Academy of Sciences |
Publisher | AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE |
Document Type | 期刊论文 |
Identifier | http://ir.nigpas.ac.cn/handle/332004/38478 |
Collection | 中国科学院南京地质古生物研究所 |
Corresponding Author | Wang, Bo (王博); Shi, Gongle(史恭乐) |
Affiliation | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Nanjing Inst Geol & Palaeontol, State Key Lab Palaeobiol & Stratig, Nanjing 210008, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Ctr Excellence Life & Paleoenvironm, Nanjing 210008, Peoples R China 3.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 4.Chinese Acad Sci, CAS Key Lab Trop Forest Ecol, Xishuangbanna Trop Bot Garden, Mengla 666303, Yunnan, Peoples R China 5.Open Univ, Sch Environm Earth & Ecosyst Sci, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, Bucks, England 6.Univ Rennes, CNRS, Geosci Rennes, UMR 6118, F-35000 Rennes, France 7.Univ Gottingen, Dept Geobiol, D-37077 Gottingen, Germany 8.Ludwig Maximilians Univ Munchen, Dept Biol 1, Systemat Bot & Mycol, D-80638 Munich, Germany 9.Ludwig Maximilians Univ Munchen, Geobio Ctr, D-80638 Munich, Germany 10.Sun Yat Sen Univ, Sch Ecol, Guangzhou 510006, Peoples R China |
First Author Affilication | Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeonotology,CAS |
Corresponding Author Affilication | Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeonotology,CAS |
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Wang, Bo ,Shi, Gongle,Xu, Chunpeng,et al. The mid-Miocene Zhangpu biota reveals an outstandingly rich rainforest biome in East Asia[J]. SCIENCE ADVANCES,2021,7(18):7. |
APA | Wang, Bo .,Shi, Gongle.,Xu, Chunpeng.,Spicer, Robert A..,Perrichot, Vincent.,...&Engel, Michael S..(2021).The mid-Miocene Zhangpu biota reveals an outstandingly rich rainforest biome in East Asia.SCIENCE ADVANCES,7(18),7. |
MLA | Wang, Bo ,et al."The mid-Miocene Zhangpu biota reveals an outstandingly rich rainforest biome in East Asia".SCIENCE ADVANCES 7.18(2021):7. |
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