The Late Mesozoic Plants from Eastern Tibet (Xizang)

Author: Liu Xiuying, Yang Xiaoju and Zhou Zhiyan
Language: Chinese with Latin name and English Summary
ISBN/ISSN: 9787116054615
Published on: 2007-01
Hardcover

The specimens described in this book were collected from both the Upper Jurassic Lagongtang Formation and the Lower Cretaceous Duoni Formation.
From the collection, a total of fifty-four plant species belonging to twenty-seven genera respectively are divided in this study. Three of which are new species and two new combinations are also recognized. In addition, the diagnoses of several species have been mended on the basis of new abundant material.

【Contents of Summary】

1. Introduction
2. Stratigraphy of the plant-bearing formation
3. Floristic composition and geological age of the floras
4. Plant assemblages and palaeoenvironmental implications
5. Systematic descriptions of new and emended taxa
6. Conclusions