Fossil matoniaceous plants represented by Phlebopteris have been formerly descrinbea and illustrated from the Mesozoic of China mainly based on vegetative leaves, and no information is provided on the fine structure o...Fossil matoniaceous plants represented by Phlebopteris have been formerly descrinbea and illustrated from the Mesozoic of China mainly based on vegetative leaves, and no information is provided on the fine structure of fertile organs. Recent reinvestigation of the Hsiangchi Flora from the Lower Jurassic of West Hubei, China, obtained a rich collection of well preserved Phlebopteris specimens (both sterile and fertile). Studies on Phlebopteris polypodioides Brongniart using LM and SEM reveal not only the structures of sori and sporangia, but also the details of in situ spores. Comparisons have been made between the in situ spores and other related fossil and extant matoniaceous spores, as well as the dispersed genera.展开更多
The coal horizons of the Middle Jurassic Hojedk Formation of East-Central Iran are fossiliferous, bearing numerous well-preserved fossil plants, comparable to the Shemshak Group/Formation in the Alborz Mountains in No...The coal horizons of the Middle Jurassic Hojedk Formation of East-Central Iran are fossiliferous, bearing numerous well-preserved fossil plants, comparable to the Shemshak Group/Formation in the Alborz Mountains in Northern Iran. Here we present two recently discovered fossil taxa from the Middle Jurassic Hojedk Formation of the Tabas Block(Central Iran). Based on their distinct morphologies, impression/compression specimens can be assigned to Phlebopteris dunkeri(Schenk) Schenk(Palaeontographica 23: 157–163, 1875) and P. woodwardii Leckenby(Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 20(1–2): 74–82, 1864), belonging to Matoniaceae. This is the first record of these two taxa in Iran. Taxa belonging to Equisetaceae, Marattiaceae, Dipteridaceae, Schizaeaceae, Dicksoniaceae,Caytoniales, Bennettitales, Cycadales and Podozamitaceae were observed as accompanying taxa in the studied section. Ecology comparison of the Hojedk Formation plant fossils with the extant relatives of the fossil plant taxa occurring in these deposits indicates accumulation of the host strata under a moist warm(tropical to subtropical)climate during the Middle Jurassic.展开更多
文摘Fossil matoniaceous plants represented by Phlebopteris have been formerly descrinbea and illustrated from the Mesozoic of China mainly based on vegetative leaves, and no information is provided on the fine structure of fertile organs. Recent reinvestigation of the Hsiangchi Flora from the Lower Jurassic of West Hubei, China, obtained a rich collection of well preserved Phlebopteris specimens (both sterile and fertile). Studies on Phlebopteris polypodioides Brongniart using LM and SEM reveal not only the structures of sori and sporangia, but also the details of in situ spores. Comparisons have been made between the in situ spores and other related fossil and extant matoniaceous spores, as well as the dispersed genera.
文摘The coal horizons of the Middle Jurassic Hojedk Formation of East-Central Iran are fossiliferous, bearing numerous well-preserved fossil plants, comparable to the Shemshak Group/Formation in the Alborz Mountains in Northern Iran. Here we present two recently discovered fossil taxa from the Middle Jurassic Hojedk Formation of the Tabas Block(Central Iran). Based on their distinct morphologies, impression/compression specimens can be assigned to Phlebopteris dunkeri(Schenk) Schenk(Palaeontographica 23: 157–163, 1875) and P. woodwardii Leckenby(Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 20(1–2): 74–82, 1864), belonging to Matoniaceae. This is the first record of these two taxa in Iran. Taxa belonging to Equisetaceae, Marattiaceae, Dipteridaceae, Schizaeaceae, Dicksoniaceae,Caytoniales, Bennettitales, Cycadales and Podozamitaceae were observed as accompanying taxa in the studied section. Ecology comparison of the Hojedk Formation plant fossils with the extant relatives of the fossil plant taxa occurring in these deposits indicates accumulation of the host strata under a moist warm(tropical to subtropical)climate during the Middle Jurassic.
