A new Oligocene species of Cunninghamia R. Brown ex Richard et A. Richard (Cupressaceae) from the Maoming Basin, South China

Diverse epiphyllous fungi on Cunninghamia leaves from the Oligocene of South China and their paleoecological and paleoclimatic implications

“…Two fossil species of Cunninghamia , C. shangcunica from the Oligocene of Guangdong Province, South China (Kodrul et al, 2018) and C. praelanceolata Du & Sun (Du et al, 2012) from the upper Miocene of Zhejiang Province, East China served as host plants for Cal. pertusus .…”

“…Recently, the new species Cunninghamia shangcunica Kodrul, Gordenko & Sokolova was described from the Oligocene of South China based on a combination of leaf morphological and epidermal characters (Kodrul et al, 2018). Here we assess the diversity of microfungi on C. shangcunica leaves.…”

Fossil samaras of Ailanthus from South China and their phytogeographic implications

“…Here the Shangcun Formation consists mainly of gray-green to gray-white mudstones, shales, argillaceous siltstones and dark brown oil shales intercalated with calcareous siltstones and lignites ( BGMRGD, 1988 ). This formation contains gastropods, fish, and abundant well-preserved plant fossils representing the families Osmundaceae, Polypodiaceae, Pinaceae, Cupressaceae, Platanaceae, Lauraceae, Fagaceae, Malvaceae, Juglandaceae, Myricaceae, Simaroubaceae, and Palmae ( Herman et al., 2017 ; Kodrul et al., 2018 ; Wu et al., 2019b ; Xu et al., 2021 ). The age of the Shangcun Formation has been assigned to the early Oligocene based on palynological and magnetostratigraphic studies ( Wang et al., 1994 ; Herman et al., 2017 ).…”

Understanding the evolution of biodiversity in Asia

“…Cunninghamia in its refugial region and contributes to a greater understanding of the specific variability and ecology of this conifer (Kodrul et al, 2018).…”