First record of a petrified gymnospermous wood from the Kungurian (late Early Permian) of the southern Sydney Basin, southeastern Australia, and its paleoclimatic implications

• Published in: Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
• Main Authors: Wan, Mingli, Shi, G. R., Luo, Mao, Lee, Sangmin, Wang, Jun
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: ELSEVIER 2020
• Subjects: Fossil wood; Cisuralian; Gondwana; Paleoclimate; Paleoecology; PALEOZOIC ICE-AGE; CENTRAL NORTH SLOPE; HIGH-LATITUDE; SP NOV; EASTERN AUSTRALIA; ALEXANDER ISLAND; FOSSIL FOREST; TREE GROWTH; CLIMATE; CHINA; Plant Sciences; Paleontology; Alexander Island; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarc*; taiga
• Online Access: http://ir.nigpas.ac.cn/handle/332004/31778; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2020.104202

For the first time, a silicified wood with well-preserved inner structures is reported from the Kungurian (Early Permian) Snapper Point Formation in the southern Sydney Basin, southeastern Australia. It is characterized by uni-to tetraseriate araucarian radial tracheidal pits and large, simple cross...