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A new thalloid liverwort: Pallaviciniites sandaolingensis sp. nov. from the Middle Jurassic of Turpan–Hami Basin, NW China

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Here we described a fossil thalloid liverwort from the Middle Jurassic Xishanyao Formation, Turpan–Hami Basin, China, preserved as a carbonized compression in greyish-green siltstones. The fossil thalloid liverwort is characterized by the long and strap-like thallus with a well-defined costa, entire margins and polygonal cells in the thallus wings. Following comparisons of the present fossil with extant and other related fossil liverworts, a new species, Pallaviciniites sandaolingensis sp. nov., is established in the subclass Pallaviciniineae, Pallaviciniales of the new classification system. It is probable that Pallaviciniites sandaolingensis grew on moist soils and rock surfaces near lakes and rivers in a humid and warm environment.

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Hier beschreiben wir aus der mitteljurassischen Xishanyao-Formation des Turpan-Hami-Beckens in China ein fossiles thalloses Lebermoos, welches als kohliger Abdruck in grau-grünem Siltstein erhalten ist. Dieses Lebermoos ist durch einen langen, schlaufenähnlichen Thallus mit klar abgegrenzten Rippen, ganzen Rändern und polygonalen Zellen in den Thallusflügeln gekennzeichnet. Nach detailliertem Vergleich des vorliegenden Fossils mit heutigen und anderen fossilen Lebermoosen, wird die neue Art Pallaviciniites sandaolingensis sp. nov. innerhalb der Pallaviciniineae (Pallaviciniales der neuen Klassifikation) errichtet. Wahrscheinlich wuchs P. sandaolingensis auf feuchten Böden und Gesteinsoberflächen in der Nähe von Seen und Flüssen in einer humiden und warmen Umgebung.

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Acknowledgments

The authors thank Prof. Defei Yan, Dr. Sanping Xie, and Dr. Jingyu Wu (Lanzhou University, China) for their helpful suggestions, and Prof. Pengcheng Wu and Meizhi Wang (Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China) for providing the extant specimens and helpful discussion. This work is supported by the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (No. 20120211110022), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. lzujbky-2015-200),and the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) (No. 2012CB822003),.

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Li, RY., Wang, Xl., Chen, JW. et al. A new thalloid liverwort: Pallaviciniites sandaolingensis sp. nov. from the Middle Jurassic of Turpan–Hami Basin, NW China. PalZ 90, 389–397 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-016-0299-3

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