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Reconstructing Krassilovia mongolica supports recognition of a new and unusual group of Mesozoic conifers
Chicago Botanic Garden.
State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology.
Swedish Museum of Natural History, Department of Paleobiology.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5416-2289
Institute of Paleontology and Geology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences.
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2020 (English)In: PLOS ONE, E-ISSN 1932-6203, Vol. 15, no 1, p. 1-21, article id e0226779Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Previously unrecognized anatomical features of the cone scales of the enigmatic Early Cretaceous conifer Krassilovia mongolica include the presence of transversely oriented paracytic stomata, which is unusual for all other extinct and extant conifers. Identical stomata arepresent on co-occurring broad, linear, multiveined leaves assigned to Podozamites harrisii, providing evidence that K. mongolica and P. harrisii are the seed cones and leaves of the same extinct plant. Phylogenetic analyses of the relationships of the reconstructed Krassilovia plant place it in an informal clade that we name the Krassilovia Clade, which also includes Swedenborgia cryptomerioides–Podozamites schenkii, and Cycadocarpidium erdmanni–Podozamites schenkii. All three of these plants have linear leaves that are relatively broad compared to most living conifers, and that are also multiveined with transversely oriented paracytic stomata. We propose that these may be general features of the Krassilovia Clade. Paracytic stomata, and other features of this new group, recall features of extant and fossil Gnetales, raising questions about the phylogenetic homogeneity of the conifer clade similar to those raised by phylogenetic analyses of molecular data.

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PLoS , 2020. Vol. 15, no 1, p. 1-21, article id e0226779
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Cretaceous, Mongolia, Coniferales
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Ecosystems and species history; The changing Earth
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URN: urn:nbn:se:nrm:diva-4150DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0226779OAI: oai:DiVA.org:nrm-4150DiVA, id: diva2:1515469
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Funding for this work was provided by National Science Foundation grants DEB-1748286 to P.S.H., P.R.C. and F.H., and 1348456 to P.R.C. and P.S.H., the Oak Spring Garden Foundation to F.H., and Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (21405010 and 24405015) from the Japan Society.

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