Araucarioid wood from the late Oligocene–early Miocene of Hainan Island: first fossil evidence for the genus Agathis in the Northern Hemisphere

A new species, Syzygium guipingensis sp. nov. (Myrtaceae), is described based on mummified fossil wood from the Miocene Erzitang Formation of Guiping Basin, Guangxi, South China. This species represents the most ancient reliable fossil record of the genus Syzygium in eastern Asia, showing the greatest similarity to the extant species S. buxifolium Hook. et Arnott. Its occurrence in the Miocene is consistent with the diversification age of the Asian lineage within Syzygium as estimated by molecular dating (11.4 Ma). The fossil record of Syzygium suggests that this genus migrated from Australia to eastern Asia in the Miocene, coincidently with the formation of island chains between these continents.

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Araucarioid wood from the late Oligocene–early Miocene of Hainan Island: first fossil evidence for the genus Agathis in the Northern Hemisphere

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