TWO SPECIES OF LATE PLEISTOCENE WOOD FOSSILS FROM PUTUOSHAN ISLAND,ZHEJIANG PROVINCE

Two species of wood fossils ( Sophora japonica,Pterocarya stenopteta )and a large number of seed fossils of Euryale ferox,Nelumbo nucifera,Scleria oryzoides,Potamogeton distinctus and Eleocharis plantagineiformis are discovered and here reported from the Late Pleistocene lacustrine sedimentary sequence in Feishaao,Putuoshan Island.In association with these a small insect fossil of Chysomelidae is found.Judging from the abundant presence of plant seeds and fragments of branches and barks showing differentiation in size and shape,the fossil wood vicinity(Feishaao)might have been an area with luxuriant plants,providing new evidence to decipher the paleoclimate and paleoenvironment in the area.

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