Mid-Cretaceous Hothouse Climate and the Expansion of Early Angiosperms
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Mid-Cretaceous Hothouse Climate and the Expansion of Early Angiosperms
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This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41602023, 41402007), and the Key Laboratory Project of Gansu Province (Grant No.1309RTSA041). We thank Prof. Heimhofer Ulrich (Leibniz University Hannover, Germany) for his kind support and helpful comments on the manuscript.

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    The remarkable transition of early angiosperms from a small to a dominant group characterized the terrestrial ecosystem of the Cretaceous. This transition was instigated and promoted by environmental changes. Mid-Cretaceous is characterized by major geological events that affected the global environment. δ18O, palaeothermometer TEX86, and other climatic indices from marine sediments suggest rapid temperature increase during mid-Cretaceous despite occasional short cooling events. Simultaneously, terrestrial deposits in East Asia changed from coal-bearing to shale, then to red beds and evaporites. Plant assemblages and other paleoclimate indicators point to rapid aridification for mid-Cretaceous terrestrial environments. In addition, the wildfires were frequently spread all over the earth by the numerous charcoal evidence during the Mid-Cretaceous. Thus, we speculate that the seasonally dry and hot conditions of mid-Cretaceous created a fiery hothouse world. Early angiosperms increased in abundance and diversity and evolved from a few aquatic species to terrestrial herbaceous and then to the diversified flora of today. Angiosperms showed rapid physiological evolution in vein density and leaf area that improved photosynthesis and water absorption. These ecophysiological changes made early angiosperms well adapted to the hot and dry environment in mid-Cretaceous. Moreover, these physiological changes facilitated the fire–angiosperm cycles in mid-Cretaceous that likely further stimulated the early angiosperm evolution.

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ZHANG Mingzhen, DAI Shuang, DU Baoxia, JI Liming, HU Shusheng.2018. Mid-Cretaceous Hothouse Climate and the Expansion of Early Angiosperms[J]. ACTA GEOLOGICA SINICA(English edition),92(5):2004~2025

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