Seed cones of Tsuga (Pinaceae) from the upper Miocene of eastern China: Biogeographic and paleoclimatic implications

• Published in: Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
• Main Authors: Ding, Su-Ting, Wu, Jing-Yu, Tang, De-Liang, Chen, Shu-Yang, Mo, Lin-Bo, Sun, Bai-Nian
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: ELSEVIER 2021
• Subjects: Tsuga; Seed cone; Miocene; Biogeography; Zhejiang Province; China; AXEL-HEIBERG ISLAND; CASTANOPSIS FAGACEAE; YUNNAN; HISTORY; PLIOCENE; ZHEJIANG; CANADA; AGE; Plant Sciences; Paleontology; Canada; Heiberg; Axel Heiberg Island
• Online Access: http://ir.nigpas.ac.cn/handle/332004/37771; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2020.104358

Six well-preserved seed cones of Tsuga with fine bract-scale complexes were discovered from the late Miocene (Tortonian; 9.2-10.8 Ma) deposits of the Shengxian Formation at the border of Ninghai and Tiantai County, Zhejiang Province, eastern China. The fossil cones possess ovate to elliptic shape, s...