甘肃兰州海石湾中侏罗世Coniopteris nikaensis的大化石及原位孢子特征

本文对采集于甘肃省兰州市海石湾镇中侏罗统窑街组的一块真蕨类化石进行了系统描述。当前标本最显著的特征是,小羽片分裂2～3次,相邻羽片相互接触或略叠覆,同时保留有完整的实羽叶,通过与前人已报道的蕨叶、叶脉、羽片、小羽片分裂的程度及裂片形状等特征的对比分析,发现其与Coniopteris nikaensis的基本特征完全符合,可明确该化石植物为C.nikaensis,属于窑街盆地的首次报道。经过实验分析,揭示了C.nikaensis的原位孢子基本特征：孢子三缝,赤道轮廓亚三角形,三边微凹,顶角钝圆,直径平均约35 μm;射线较窄且平直,具微弱发育的唇,长度约为孢子体半径的3/4或更长;外壁薄,表面光滑。本研究为完善窑街盆地古植物群面貌提供了新材料,窑街盆地和宝积山盆地相较伊犁盆地更适宜Coniopteris的生长。     

甘肃窑街中侏罗世植物化石Coniopteris simplex的原位孢子特征研究

通过大量的实验分析,揭示了Coniopteris simplex的原位孢子特征,甘肃窑街盆地中侏罗世Coniopteris simplex 原位孢子的基本特征可以概括为:孢子为四面体形,极面观为三角形至圆三角形,顶角钝圆,三边线内凹; 体积小,极面观直径为25～38 μm,平均约30 μm; 三射线平直或微弯,其长度为半径的2/3～3/4,宽度较窄,具唇状边缘。外壁近于光滑,但具多条不规则的褶皱; 无周壁; 孢子的颜色以黄褐色为主。明确了Cyathidites minor可能是Coniopteris simplex孢子,后者为前者的母体植物。     

A New Species of Coniopteris moguqiensis sp. nov. from the Middle Jurassic Wanbao Formation in Eastern Inner Mongolia,China

In recent years, an increasing number of plant fossil leaves and petrified woods have been discovered from the Middle Jurassic Wanbao Formation in Moguqi Town of Inner Mongolia, NE China. Here, we describe a new species of Coniopteris moguqiensis sp. nov. preserved as a fragment with fertile and sterile pinnules. The sterile ultimate pinnules are elongate ovate with sphenopteriod type venation, and fertile pinnules are usually isolated, bipinnate at least with the sorus apical, elliptical, 1 mm in diameter; sporangia are almost globular, 100–150 μm in diameter, and the annulus is vertical. In situ spores are rounded-triangular in polar view, 25–30 μm in diameter with sides straight and slightly convex; trilete, laesurae are thin and slightly straight; the exine surface is usually psilate under the light microscope but finely reticuloid sculptured on the proximal view under a scanning electronic microscope. The fern genus Coniopteris usually suggests a warm and humid environment, which is consistent with the palaeoclimatic conditions of petrified wood and megafossil plants. The new discovery further supplements the floral composition of the Wanbao Formation, providing new material for understanding the evolutionary trend and classification of Coniopteris.     

Cuticles and Spores in Situ of Coniopteris hymenophylloides from the Middle Jurassic in Gansu,Northwestern China

Coniopteris was a ubiquitous plant of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and played an important role in the flora of the time. However, its anatomical structure is relatively poorly known. The specimens of Coniopteris hymenophylloides(Brongniart) Seward described here were collected from the Yaojie Formation in Gansu Province, northwestern China. The sterile fronds are characterized as being at least bipinnate with alternate arranged linear pinnae covered by thin cuticles. Fertile fronds are linear-lanceolate, with single sorus at the margin of each fertile pinnule. In situ spores are typically trilete, triangle to subcircular in polar view, cap-shaped in equatorial view, and 37 μm in average diameter. The trilete marking is straight and narrow, generally extends to 4/5 of the spore radius. The spore surface is smooth, and parts of the exine are granulated. The epidermal cells of cuticles are irregular in shape, approximately 40-60μm long and 10-20 μm wide. The elliptical stomatal complexes are paracytic,approximately 30 μm long and 19 μm wide,and irregularly distributed. On the basis of its epidermal structures and comparisons with extant ferns, we consider that Coniopteris displays combined features of the related extant genera.     

甘肃窑街中侏罗世 Coniopteris margaretae的原位孢子与分散孢子的关系

通过大量的室内实验分析,揭示了甘肃窑街盆地中侏罗世Coniopteris margaretae的原位孢子特征,可以概括为:孢子为四面体形,极面观为圆三角形;赤道面观为半圆形;体积较大,极面观直径为50～70μm,平均约64μm;三射线平直,其长度为半径的2/3～3/4;外壁光滑无纹饰;无周壁;孢子的颜色以黄褐色为主.明...