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A Middle Eocene lowland humid subtropical "Shangri-La" ecosystem in central Tibet
Su, T (Su, Tao)1,2,3; Spicer, RA (Spicer, Robert A.)1,4; Wu, FX (Wu, Fei-Xiang)5,6; Farnsworth, A (Farnsworth, Alexander)8; Huang, J (Huang, Jian)1,2; Del Rio, C (Del Rio, Cedric)1; Deng, T (Deng, Tao)3,5,6; Ding, L (Ding, Lin)7,9,10; Deng, WYD (Deng, Wei-Yu-Dong)1,3; Huang, YJ (Huang, Yong-Jiang)11; Hughes, A (Hughes, Alice)12; Jia, LB (Jia, Lin-Bo)11; Jin, JH (Jin, Jian-Hua)13,14; Li, SF (Li, Shu-Feng)1,2; Liang, SQ (Liang, Shui-Qing)15; Liu, J (Liu, Jia)1,2; Liu, XY (Liu, Xiao-Yan)16; Sherlock, S (Sherlock, Sarah)4; Spicer, T (Spicer, Teresa)1; Srivastava, G (Srivastava, Gaurav)17; Tang, H (Tang, He)1,3; Valdes, P (Valdes, Paul)8; Wang, TX (Wang, Teng-Xiang)1,3; Widdowson, M (Widdowson, Mike)18; Wu, MX (Wu, Meng-Xiao)1,3; Xing, YW (Xing, Yao-Wu)1,2; Xu, CL (Xu, Cong-Li)1; Yang, J (Yang, Jian)19; Zhang, C (Zhang, Cong)20; Zhang, ST (Zhang, Shi-Tao)21; Zhang, XW (Zhang, Xin-Wen)1,3; Zhao, F (Zhao, Fan)1; Zhou, ZK (Zhou, Zhe-Kun)1,2,11
Source PublicationPROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
2020
Volume117Issue:52Pages:32989-32995
DOI10.1073/pnas.2012647117
Abstract

Tibet's ancient topography and its role in climatic and biotic evolution remain speculative due to a paucity of quantitative surface-height measurements through time and space, and sparse fossil records. However, newly discovered fossils from a present elevation of similar to 4,850 m in central Tibet improve substantially our knowledge of the ancient Tibetan environment. The 70 plant fossil taxa so far recovered include the first occurrences of several modern Asian lineages and represent a Middle Eocene (similar to 47 Mya) humid subtropical ecosystem. The fossils not only record the diverse composition of the ancient Tibetan biota, but also allow us to constrain the Middle Eocene land surface height in central Tibet to similar to 1,500 +/- 900 m, and quantify the prevailing thermal and hydrological regime. This "Shangri-La"-like ecosystem experienced monsoon seasonality with a mean annual temperature of similar to 19 degrees C, and frosts were rare. It contained few Gondwanan taxa, yet was compositionally similar to contemporaneous floras in both North America and Europe. Our discovery quantifies a key part of Tibetan Paleogene topography and climate, and highlights the importance of Tibet in regard to the origin of modern Asian plant species and the evolution of global biodiversity.

Subject Area构造地质学
WOS IDWOS:000604551600028
Language英语
Indexed BySCI
KeywordLunpola Basin Biodiversity Plateau Conservation Evolution Monsoons Paleoelevation Topography Himalaya Record
WOS Research AreaScience & Technology - Other Topics
WOS SubjectMultidisciplinary Sciences
Cooperation Status国际
ISSN0027-8424
Department大陆碰撞与高原隆升
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PublisherNATL ACAD SCIENCES
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Identifierhttp://ir.itpcas.ac.cn/handle/131C11/9466
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Corresponding AuthorSu, T (Su, Tao); Zhou, ZK (Zhou, Zhe-Kun)
Affiliation1.Chinese Acad Sci, CAS Key Lab Trop Forest Ecol, Xishuangbanna Trop Bot Garden, Mengla 666303, Peoples R China;
2.Chinese Acad Sci, Ctr Plant Ecol, Core Bot Gardens, Mengla 666303, Peoples R China;
3.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China;
4.Open Univ, Sch Environm Earth & Ecosyst Sci, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, Bucks, England;
5.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China;
6.Chinese Acad Sci, Ctr Excellence Life & Paleoenvironm, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China;
7.Univ Bristol, Sch Geog Sci, Bristol BS8 1TH, Avon, England;
8.Univ Bristol, Cabot Inst, Bristol BS8 1TH, Avon, England;
9.Chinese Acad Sci, CAS Ctr Excellence Tibetan Plateau Earth Sci, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China;
10.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Tibetan Plateau Res, Key Lab Continental Collis & Plateau Uplift, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China;
11.Chinese Acad Sci, Kunming Inst Bot, Key Lab Plant Divers & Biogeog East Asia, Kunming 650204, Yunnan, Peoples R China;
12.Chinese Acad Sci, Ctr Integrat Conservat, Xishuangbanna Trop Bot Garden, Mengla 666303, Peoples R China;
13.Sun Yat Sen Univ, Sch Life Sci, State Key Lab Biocontrol, Guangzhou 510275, Peoples R China;
14.Sun Yat Sen Univ, Sch Life Sci, Guangdong Key Lab Plant Resources, Guangzhou 510275, Peoples R China;
15.Chinese Acad Sci, Publ Technol Serv Ctr, Xishuangbanna Trop Bot Garden, Mengla 666303, Peoples R China;
16.South China Normal Univ, Sch Geog, Guangzhou 510631, Peoples R China;
17.Birbal Sahni Inst Paleosci, Cenozo Palaeoflorist Megafossil Lab, Lucknow 226007, Uttar Pradesh, India;
18.Univ Hull, Sch Environm Sci, Kingston Upon Hull HU6 7RX, N Humberside, England;
19.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Bot, State Key Lab Systemat & Evolutionary Bot, Beijing 100093, Peoples R China;
20.Chinese Acad Geol Sci, Inst Geol, State Key Lab Continental Tecton & Dynam, Beijing 100037, Peoples R China;
21.Kunming Univ Sci & Technol, Fac Land Resource Engn, Kunming 650093, Yunnan, Peoples R China.
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Su, T ,Spicer, RA ,Wu, FX ,et al. A Middle Eocene lowland humid subtropical "Shangri-La" ecosystem in central Tibet[J]. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,2020,117(52):32989-32995.
APA Su, T .,Spicer, RA .,Wu, FX .,Farnsworth, A .,Huang, J .,...&Zhou, ZK .(2020).A Middle Eocene lowland humid subtropical "Shangri-La" ecosystem in central Tibet.PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,117(52),32989-32995.
MLA Su, T ,et al."A Middle Eocene lowland humid subtropical "Shangri-La" ecosystem in central Tibet".PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 117.52(2020):32989-32995.
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