Middle and Late Permian palynoflora in Tianshan Township, southeast of Bogda Mountain,Xinjiang,China

Muhammad I. Asghar,ZHANG Shuqin,ZHANG Minda,SHI Xiao and SUN Yuewu

Global Geology ›› 2021, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (4) : 198-212.

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Global Geology ›› 2021, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (4) : 198-212.

Middle and Late Permian palynoflora in Tianshan Township, southeast of Bogda Mountain,Xinjiang,China

  • Muhammad I. Asghar1 ,ZHANG Shuqin2 ,ZHANG Minda1 ,SHI Xiao1 and SUN Yuewu 2*
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The Permian is one of the most important periods during which the vegetative earth witnessed the transition from icehouse to greenhouse climate and the global environment changes. Organisms on the planet encountered great challenge and the demise of swamp caused the extinction of arborescent lycopods and the rising of Mesophytic plants accomplished the floral transition from the Paleophytic to Mesophytic vegetation. In order to depict the climatic changes and floral succession in the middle and high latitudes of the North Hemisphere,palynological investigation was engaged,and 40 samples collected from the uppermost of Taerlang Formation,Hongyanchi Formation and Quanzijie Formation in the Tianshan Town,Turpan-Hami Basin,eastern Xinjiang,China. The result shows that the palynoflora in the studied area is composed of 50 species of 33 genera,dominated by disaccites and striatiti gymnosperm pollen,and characterized by diverse Protohaploxypinus,Hamiapollenites,Alisporites and Klausipollenites. It is quite similar to those Middle and Late Permian palynological assemblages reported in the Dalongkou section and other localities in southern margin of Junggar Basin,and aged at Middle and Late Permian. The diversity of typical Angara and sub-Angara pollen,such as Falcisporites,Alisporites,Protohaploxypinus,Vittatina,Lunatisporites,Hamiapollenites,etc. indicates that the studied palynoflora belonged to the sub-Angara phytoprovince,while the presence of Lueckisporites virkkiae implied Euramerica pollen intruded northward sometimes. The paleoclimate of the studied area might be warm and humid with fluctuated dry seasons during the late Guadalupian and early Lopingian time

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Guadalupian / Lopingian / Turpan-Hami Basin / palynology / sub-Angara palynoflora / Euramerica pollen

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Muhammad I. Asghar,ZHANG Shuqin,ZHANG Minda,SHI Xiao and SUN Yuewu. Middle and Late Permian palynoflora in Tianshan Township, southeast of Bogda Mountain,Xinjiang,China[J]. Global Geology. 2021, 24(4): 198-212
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