Fossil fruits of <i>Canarium</i> (Burseraceae) from Eastern Asia and their implications for phytogeographical history
<p>The genus <i>Canarium</i> contains approximately 78 species distributed in the Old World tropics and subtropics. <i>Canarium</i> is characterized by a distinctive drupaceous fruit with a trilocular endocarp derived from three fused pyrenes. Here, we describe new <...
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| author | Meng Han (782687) |
| author2 | Steven R. Manchester (433852) Yan Wu (70890) Jianhua Jin (537722) Cheng Quan (262806) |
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| author_facet | Meng Han (782687) Steven R. Manchester (433852) Yan Wu (70890) Jianhua Jin (537722) Cheng Quan (262806) |
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| dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv | Meng Han (782687) Steven R. Manchester (433852) Yan Wu (70890) Jianhua Jin (537722) Cheng Quan (262806) |
| dc.date.none.fl_str_mv | 2017-08-02T12:14:15Z |
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| dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv | Evolutionary Biology Ecology Plant Biology Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified Canarium Burseraceae fossil fruits Oligocene Miocene Eastern Asia |
| dc.title.none.fl_str_mv | Fossil fruits of <i>Canarium</i> (Burseraceae) from Eastern Asia and their implications for phytogeographical history |
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| description | <p>The genus <i>Canarium</i> contains approximately 78 species distributed in the Old World tropics and subtropics. <i>Canarium</i> is characterized by a distinctive drupaceous fruit with a trilocular endocarp derived from three fused pyrenes. Here, we describe new <i>Canarium</i> fossil fruits from the late Oligocene of the Yongning Formation, the Miocene of the Erzitang Formation, and the late Miocene of the Foluo Formation in Guangxi Province, South China, providing the first confirmed fossil occurrences of <i>Canarium</i> in eastern Asia. The fruits of <i>Canarium guangxiensis</i> Han & Manchester sp. nov. are ovoidal to spindle shaped, 22.8–34.3 mm long, and 10.7–14.6 mm wide. Computed tomography (CT) scan was used to study the morphological and anatomical characters of fossil and modern <i>Canarium</i>, facilitating identification of the fossil fruits. This new occurrence supplements other megafossil records of <i>Canarium</i> fruits from the Eocene in North America, the Eocene to Oligocene in Europe, the Oligocene in Africa, the Oligocene to Miocene in Asia and from the Pleistocene in Australia and the Pacific islands. The fossil record indicates a wide dispersal of <i>Canarium</i> over the Northern Hemisphere during the Eocene and Oligocene, followed by a geographical contraction during the Miocene as the result of its extinction from North America and Europe. The origin and migratory routes of this genus are not clearly resolved, but based on the fossils known so far, we hypothesize that <i>Canarium</i> may have had a North American Eocene origin, with subsequent spread to Eurasia and Africa, followed by dispersal to the Southern Hemisphere.</p> |
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| spelling | Fossil fruits of <i>Canarium</i> (Burseraceae) from Eastern Asia and their implications for phytogeographical historyMeng Han (782687)Steven R. Manchester (433852)Yan Wu (70890)Jianhua Jin (537722)Cheng Quan (262806)Evolutionary BiologyEcologyPlant BiologyEnvironmental Sciences not elsewhere classifiedBiological Sciences not elsewhere classifiedChemical Sciences not elsewhere classifiedCanariumBurseraceaefossil fruitsOligoceneMioceneEastern Asia<p>The genus <i>Canarium</i> contains approximately 78 species distributed in the Old World tropics and subtropics. <i>Canarium</i> is characterized by a distinctive drupaceous fruit with a trilocular endocarp derived from three fused pyrenes. Here, we describe new <i>Canarium</i> fossil fruits from the late Oligocene of the Yongning Formation, the Miocene of the Erzitang Formation, and the late Miocene of the Foluo Formation in Guangxi Province, South China, providing the first confirmed fossil occurrences of <i>Canarium</i> in eastern Asia. The fruits of <i>Canarium guangxiensis</i> Han & Manchester sp. nov. are ovoidal to spindle shaped, 22.8–34.3 mm long, and 10.7–14.6 mm wide. Computed tomography (CT) scan was used to study the morphological and anatomical characters of fossil and modern <i>Canarium</i>, facilitating identification of the fossil fruits. This new occurrence supplements other megafossil records of <i>Canarium</i> fruits from the Eocene in North America, the Eocene to Oligocene in Europe, the Oligocene in Africa, the Oligocene to Miocene in Asia and from the Pleistocene in Australia and the Pacific islands. The fossil record indicates a wide dispersal of <i>Canarium</i> over the Northern Hemisphere during the Eocene and Oligocene, followed by a geographical contraction during the Miocene as the result of its extinction from North America and Europe. The origin and migratory routes of this genus are not clearly resolved, but based on the fossils known so far, we hypothesize that <i>Canarium</i> may have had a North American Eocene origin, with subsequent spread to Eurasia and Africa, followed by dispersal to the Southern Hemisphere.</p>2017-08-02T12:14:15ZDatasetinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiondataset10.6084/m9.figshare.5267800.v1https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Fossil_fruits_of_i_Canarium_i_Burseraceae_from_Eastern_Asia_and_their_implications_for_phytogeographical_history/5267800CC BY 4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:figshare.com:article/52678002017-08-02T12:14:15Z |
| spellingShingle | Fossil fruits of <i>Canarium</i> (Burseraceae) from Eastern Asia and their implications for phytogeographical history Meng Han (782687) Evolutionary Biology Ecology Plant Biology Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified Canarium Burseraceae fossil fruits Oligocene Miocene Eastern Asia |
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| title | Fossil fruits of <i>Canarium</i> (Burseraceae) from Eastern Asia and their implications for phytogeographical history |
| title_full | Fossil fruits of <i>Canarium</i> (Burseraceae) from Eastern Asia and their implications for phytogeographical history |
| title_fullStr | Fossil fruits of <i>Canarium</i> (Burseraceae) from Eastern Asia and their implications for phytogeographical history |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fossil fruits of <i>Canarium</i> (Burseraceae) from Eastern Asia and their implications for phytogeographical history |
| title_short | Fossil fruits of <i>Canarium</i> (Burseraceae) from Eastern Asia and their implications for phytogeographical history |
| title_sort | Fossil fruits of <i>Canarium</i> (Burseraceae) from Eastern Asia and their implications for phytogeographical history |
| topic | Evolutionary Biology Ecology Plant Biology Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified Canarium Burseraceae fossil fruits Oligocene Miocene Eastern Asia |