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2012
Journal article
A new Neocalamites (Sphenophyta) with prickles and attached cones from the Upper Triassic of China.
Remains of the extinct sphenophyte (horsetail) Neocalamites are most widespread in the Middle–Upper Triassic and are typically represented by stem and leaf fragments. Here we report on spectacular new finds of Neocalamites from the Late Triassic Yangcaogou Formation in Liaoning Province, China that include bedding surfaces dominated by nearly complete...Zan, Shuqin ; Axsmith, Brian J ; Escapa, Ignacio ; Fraser, Nicholas C ; Fengxiang, Liu …
Sphenophyta, Horsetails, Neocalamites, Liaoning, Triassic, and China
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2008
Journal article
New evidence for laurasian corystosperms: Umkomasia from the Upper Triassic of Northern China
Recent finds of remarkable fossil plants from the Upper Triassic Yangcaogou Formation in Liaoning Province, PR China include branched, cupule-bearing structures referable to the corystosperm ovulate organ Umkomasia. This material is described and assigned to the proposed new species Umkomasia asiatica. The collection includes numerous isolated cupules and fragments of...Shuqin, Zan ; Axsmith, Brian J ; Fraser, Nicholas C ; Fengxiang, Liu ; Dehe, Xing
Corystospermales, Umkomasia, pteridosperms, Triassic, Laurasia, and China