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Issue: Vol. 1 No. 2: May–June 2024
Type: Review
Published: 2024-06-27
DOI: 10.11646/mesozoic.1.2.9
Page range: 173-185
Abstract views: 184
PDF downloaded: 93

Checklist of the Triassic wood (updated June 2024)

Kunming University, Kunming 650214, China
Institute of Palaeontology, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Earth System Science, Yunnan Key Laboratory for Palaeobiology, MEC International Joint Laboratory for Palaeobiology and Palaeoenvironment, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, China; Southwest United Graduate School, Kunming 650092, China
fossil wood Triassic palaeogeographic distribution stratigraphic distribution

Abstract

A list of all known fossil wood taxa recorded from the Triassic, up to June of 2024, is provided. The list contains 50 genera and 130 species of gymnospermous wood taxa documented from 16 countries across seven continents. Specifically, 17 genera and 27 species were reported from Asia, 10 genera and 39 species from Europe, 3 genera and 3 species from Africa, 5 genera and 6 species from North America, 21 genera and 43 species from South America, 9 genera and 16 species from Australia and 4 genera and 7 species Antarctica. Taxonomically, 7 genera and 8 species were documented from the Lower Triassic, 7 genera and 8 species from the Middle Triassic, and 37 genera and 98 species from the Upper Triassic. Systematically, 5 genera and 7 species belong to Cycadales, 1 monotypic genus belongs to Bennettitales, 2 genera and 3 species belong to Ginkgoales, 30 genera and 97 species of Coniferales, 7 genera and 12 species belong to Pteridosperms, 3 genera and 4 species belong to Cordaitales, and 3 genera and 6 species are incertae sedis.

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