The first discovery of Eucommia fruit fossil in China

作     者：Baoyin Geng Steven R. Manchester Anming Lu 

作者机构：Chinese Acad Sci Inst Bot Ctr Studies Systemat & Evolut Bot Beijing 100093 Peoples R China Univ Florida Florida Museum Nat Hist Gainesville FL 32611 USA 

出 版 物：《Chinese Science Bulletin》 (科学通报(英文版))

年 卷 期：1999年第44卷第16期

页      面：1506-1508页

核心收录：

学科分类：070903[理学-古生物学与地层学(含：古人类学)] 0709[理学-地质学] 07[理学] 

基　　金：National Natural Science Foundation of China NSFC: 3%30030 

主　　题：Eucommia fruit fossil Eocene first discovery. 

摘      要：A fruit of Eucommia has been recovered from the Eocene of Fushun, Liaoning Province. This represents the only confirmed occurrence of fruits of this genus in the paleobotanical record of China. Although Eucommia is endemic to central China today, the genus was more widespread in the Northern Hemisphere during the Tertiary. The fossil speci-