A more southerly occurrence of Xenoxylon in North America: X. utahense Xie et Gee sp. nov. from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation in Utah, USA, and its paleobiogeographic and paleoclimatic significance

• Published in: Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
• Main Authors: Xie, Aowei, Gee, Carole T., Bennis, Mary Beth, Gray, Dale, Sprinkel, Douglas A.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: ELSEVIER 2021
• Subjects: Growth ring analysis; Mean sensitivity; Miroviaceae; Salt Wash Member; Xenoxylean; WOOD GENUS XENOXYLON; GROWTH-RINGS; ALEXANDER ISLAND; 1ST OCCURRENCE; CLIMATE; TERRESTRIAL; FOREST; RECONSTRUCTION; PALEOECOLOGY; SLOPE; Plant Sciences; Paleontology; Alexander Island; Morrison
• Online Access: http://ir.nigpas.ac.cn/handle/332004/38357; http://ir.nigpas.ac.cn/handle/332004/38358; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2021.104451

Although Xenoxylon is a global genus of Mesozoic wood in the Northern Hemisphere, it is striking that the valid records in North America occur only in the northernmost parts of the continent. Decades ago, two species of Xenoxylon were described from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation in Utah, USA...