Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Diversity and significance of late cretaceous permineralized plant remains from Hokkaido, Japan

  • Invited Article
  • Published:
The botanical magazine = Shokubutsu-gaku-zasshi Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Middle to Late Cretaceous permineralized plants hitherto described from Hokkaido, Japan are summarized. The fossil flora comprises fungi, ferns, gymnosperms and angiosperms. Many modern fern families have been recognized including Anemiaceae, Cyatheaceae, Dennstaedtiaceae, Gleicheniaceae Loxsomaceae, Lygodiaceae and Matoniaceae. Gymnosperms are most abundant in the flora. Some recently-found materials are tentatively introduced with brief comments emphasizing their morphological and taxonomical significance. A bisporangiate flower ofCycadeoidella japonica Ogura shows fine internal anatomy and provides evidence that the cycadeoidalean ovule was a cupulate, unitegmic structure. Vascular tracheids in the synangial wall support the evolution of cycadeoidalean synangia from Paleozoic seed-fern synangia. A new gymnosperm female fructification has a thick envelope comparable to an angiosperm carpel around a large seed. The angiosperms contain various morphologies that require further extensive study.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Crane, P.R. 1986. The morphology and relationships of Bennettitales.In: R.A. Spicer, and B.A. Thomas, eds., Systematic and Taxonomic Approaches in Palaeobotany. Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford.

    Google Scholar 

  • Crepet, W.L. andT. Delevoryas. 1972. Investigations of North American Cycadeoids: Early ovule, ontogeny. Amer. J. Bot.59: 209–215.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Endo, S. 1925.Nilssonia bed of Hokkaido and its flora. Sci. Rep. Tohoku Imp. Univ. 2nd Ser.7: 57–72, pls. 11–17.

    Google Scholar 

  • — 1953. A newCycadeoidea from South Sakhalin. Kumamoto J. Sci. Ser. B.2B: 1–7, 2 pls.

    Google Scholar 

  • Esau, K. 1977. Anatomy of Seed Plants. 2nd ed. Wiley, New York.

    Google Scholar 

  • Fujii, K. 1910. Some remarks on the Cretaceous fossil flora and the causes of extinction. Bot. Mag. Tokyo24: 197–220.

    Google Scholar 

  • Gould, R.E. andT. Delevoryas. 1977. The biology ofGlossopteris: evidence from petrified seed-bearing and pollen-bearing organs. Alcheringa1: 387–399.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Gerguss, P. 1967. Fossil Gymnospermous Woods in Hungary, from the Permian to the Pliocene. Akademiai, Kiado, Budapest.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hashimoto, W. 1961.Cycadeoidea endoana Hashimoto, n. sp., a new cycadeoidean trunk from Ishikari Province, Hokkaido, Japan. Sci. Rep. Tokyo Kyoiku Daigaku, Sect. C.5: 1–4, 3 pls.

    Google Scholar 

  • — 1971. On a new Cretaceous tree fern from Nakagawamachi, Teshio Province, Hokkaido. Sci. Rep. Tokyo Kyoku Daigaku, Sect. C11: 1–10, 3 pls.

    Google Scholar 

  • Joy, K.W., A.J. Willis andW.S. Lacey. 1956. A rapid cellulose acetate peel technique in paleobotany. Ann. Bot. N.S.20: 635–637.

    Google Scholar 

  • Kershaw, E.M. 1910. A fossil solenostelic fern. Ann. Bot.24: 683–691.

    Google Scholar 

  • Kryshtofovich, A. 1918. On the Cretaceous Flora of Russian Sachalin. J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo40: 1–72, 1 pl.

    Google Scholar 

  • — 1920. A cycadean trunk from Hokkaido. J. Geol. Soc. Tokyo27: 1–8, 1 pl.

    Google Scholar 

  • Matsumoto, T. (ed) 1954. The Cretaceous System in Japanese Islands. Jap. Soc. Promotion Sci. Res., Tokyo (for 1953).

    Google Scholar 

  • — 1977. Zonal correlation of the Upper Cretaceous of Japan. Palaeont. Soc. Japan, Spec. Pap.21: 63–74.

    Google Scholar 

  • Matsumoto, T., H. Okada, H. Hirano and K. Tanabe. 1976. Mid-Cretaceous biostratigraphic succession in Hokkaido.In: R.A. Reyment, ed., IGCP Project Mid-Cretaceous Events. Rep. Ann. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nice33: 1–5.

  • Miki, A. 1977. Late Cretaceous pollen and spore floras of northern Japan: Composition and interpretation. J. Fac. Sci. Hokkaido Univ. Ser. IV.17: 399–436.

    Google Scholar 

  • Nishida, H. 1981a. Anatomical studies of a new specimen ofYezopteris polycycloides Ogura from the Upper Cretaceous of Hokkaido. J. Jap. Bot.56: 169–180, 1 pl.

    Google Scholar 

  • — 1981b. A revision of the genusCyathorachis in Japan. Bot. Mag. Tokyo94: 249–259.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • — 1984. Anatomical studies of the frond axis of the Cyatheaceae, s.l. with a revision of permineralized frond axes from the Cretaceous of Japan.In: M. Nishida, ed., Contributions to the Botany in the Andes. I, pp. 5–80, 76 pls Academic Sci. Book, Tokyo.

    Google Scholar 

  • — 1985. A structurally preserved magnolialean fructification from the mid-Cretaceous of Japan. Nature318: 58–59.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • — 1989. Structure and affinities of the petrified plants from the Cretaceous of Japan and Saghalien, V. Tree fern stems from Hokkaido,Paracyathocaulis ogurae gen. et comb. nov. andCyathocaulis yezopteroides, sp. nov. Bot. Mag. Tokyo102: 255–282.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • —M. Nishida. 1979.Thyrsopterorachis, gen. nov., a tree fern rachis from the Upper Cretaceous of Hokkaido, Japan. Bot. Mag. Tokyo92: 187–195.

    Google Scholar 

  • — and —. 1986. Structure and affinities of the petrified plants from the Cretaceous of Japan and Saghalien, IV. Petrified plants from the Upper Cretaceous of Saghalien (2). Bot Mag. Tokyo99: 205–212.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • — and —. 1988.Protomonimia kasai-nakajhongii gen. et sp. nov.: a permineralized magnolialean fructification from the mid-Cretaceous of Japan. Bot. Mag. Tokyo101: 397–426.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Nishida, H., M. Nishida. and T. Ohsawa. 1991. Use of fluorescent microscopy in defining a small ligule-like ovuliferous scale of a permineralized Taxodiaceous cone from the Upper Cretaceous of Hokkaido, Japan. Bot. Mag. Tokyo104: in press.

  • Nishida, M. 1973. On some petrified plants from the Cretaceous of Choshi, Chiba Prefecture VI. Bot. Mag. Tokyo86: 189–202.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • — 1974.Oguraxylon, a new genus belonging to the family Taxodiaceae from the Cretaceous of Hokkaido. Bot. Mag. Tokyo87: 113–119.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • — 1981. A corm-like hypocotyl of araucarian seedling from the Upper Cretaceous of Hokkaido. J. Jap. Bot.56: 111–116 (in Japanese with English summary)

    Google Scholar 

  • — andH. Nishida., 1982. Histology of the rhizome ofLoxsomopsis and affinity ofSolenostelopteris loxsomoides Ogura. Acta Phytotax. Geobot.33: 302–307. (in Japanese with English summary)

    Google Scholar 

  • — and —. 1984. Structure and affinities of the petrified plants from the Cretaceous of Japan and Saghalien, I. Petrified plants from the Upper Cretaceous of Hokkaido (1). J. Jap. Bot.59: 48–57.

    Google Scholar 

  • — and —. 1985. Structure and affinities of the petrified plants from the Cretaceous of Japan and Saghalien, II. Petrified plants from the Upper Cretaceous of Hokkaido (2). J. Jap. Bot.60: 312–320.

    Google Scholar 

  • — and —. 1986. Structure and affinities of the petrified plants from the Cretaceous of Japan and Saghalien, III. Petrified plants from the Upper Cretaceous of Saghalien (1). Bot. Mag. Tokyo99: 191–204.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Nishida, M., H. Nishida, and T. Ohsawa. 1991. Structure and affinities of petrified plants from the Cretaceous of northern Japan and Saghalien. VI.Yezosequoia shimanukii gen. et sp. nov., a petrified taxodiaceous cone from Hokkaido. J. Jap. Bot.66: in press.

  • Ogura, Y. 1927. On the structure and affinities of some fossil tree-ferns from Japan. J. Fac. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3.1: 351–380.

    Google Scholar 

  • — 1930. On the structure and affinities of some Cretaceous plants from Hokkaido. J. Fac. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, Sect 3.2: 381–412.

    Google Scholar 

  • — 1932. On the structure and affinities of some Cretaceous plants from Hokkaido. J. Fac. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3.2: 455–483.

    Google Scholar 

  • — 1944. Notes on fossil woods from Japan and Manchoukuo. Jap. J. Bot.13: 345–365.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ohana, T. andT. Kimura. 1987. Preliminary notes on the multicarpelous female flower with conduplicate carpels from the Upper Cretaceous of Hokkaido, Japan. Proc. Japan Acad Ser. B.63: 175–178.

    Google Scholar 

  • Page, C.N. 1990. Taxonomic concepts in conifers and ginkgoids.In: K.U. Kramer and P.S. Green, vol. eds., The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. Vol. I. Pteridophytes and Gymnosperms, p. 282. Springer, Berlin.

    Google Scholar 

  • Pedersen, K.R., P.R. Crane andE.M. Friis. 1989. The morphology and phylogenetic significance ofVardekloeftia Harris (Bennettitales). Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol.60: 7–24.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Reiss, K. 1907. Untersuchungen über fossile Holzer aus Japan. Inaug. Diss. Univ. Leipzig, Rostock.

  • Sahni, B. 1932. A petrifiedWilliamsonia (W. sewardiana, sp. nov.) from the Rajmahal Hills, India. Palaeontol. Ind.20: 1–19, 3 pls.

    Google Scholar 

  • Sharma, B.D. 1970. On the structure of the seed ofWilliamsonia collected from the Middle Jurassic rocks of Amarjola in the Rajmahal Hills, India. Ann. Bot. N.S.34: 1071–1078.

    Google Scholar 

  • — 1974. Ovule ontogeny inWilliamsonia Carr. Palaeontogr. B.148: 137–143, 6 pls.

    Google Scholar 

  • Shimakura, M. 1936. Preliminary report on some Cretaceous plants from Karahuto. J. Geol. Soc. Japan43 (=Trans. Paleont. Soc. Japan23): 869–875, 1 pl. (in Japanese with English resume)

    Google Scholar 

  • — 1937a. Toa ni sansuru chuseidaino mokuzai gaikan (Summary of fossil woods from the Mesozoic of East Asia). J. Geol. Soc. Japan44: 513–517. (in Japanese)

    Google Scholar 

  • — 1937b. Studies on fossil woods from Japan and adjacent lands. Contribution II. The Cretaceous woods from Japan, Saghalien and Manchoukuo. Sci. Rep. Tohoku Imp. Univ. 2nd Ser. (Geol.)19: 1–73, 15 pls.

    Google Scholar 

  • Shimakura, M. 1939. The past distribution and origin of coniferous plants in Japan. Jubil. Publ. Commemoration Prof. Yabe's 60th birthday: 233–253, 2 pls.

  • Stewart, W.N. 1983. Paleobotany and the Evolution of Plants. Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge.

    Google Scholar 

  • Stockey, R.A. andM. Nishida. 1986.Pinus haboroensis sp. nov. and the affinities of permineralized leaves from the Upper Cretaceous of Japan. Can. J. Bot.64: 1856–1866.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • andH. Nishida. 1986. Permineralized araucarian remains from the Upper Cretaceous of Japan. Amer. J. Bot.73: 708.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • 1990. Structure and diversity of the woody conifer seedling-like structures from the Upper Cretaceous of Hokkaido, Japan. Bot. Gaz.151: 252–262.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • — andY. Ueda. 1986. Permineralized pinaceous leaves from the Upper Cretaceous of Hokkaido. Amer. J. Bot.73: 1157–1162.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Stopes, M.C. andK. Fujii. 1910. Studies on the structure and affinities of Cretaceous plants. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. London, Ser. B.201: 1–90, 9 pls.

    Google Scholar 

  • — andE.M. Kershaw. 1910. The anatomy of Cretaceous pine leaves. Ann. Bot.24: 395–402.

    Google Scholar 

  • Suzuki, Y. 1910. On the structure and affinities of two new conifers and a new fungus from the Upper Cretaceous of Hokkaido (Yezo). Bot Mag. Tokyo24: 181–196, 1 pl.

    Google Scholar 

  • Tanai, T. 1960. A cycadean trunk from Uryu district Hokkaido, Japan. J. Fac. Sci. Hokkaido Univ. Ser. 4.10: 545–550.

    Google Scholar 

  • — 1979. Late Cretaceous floras from the Kuji district, northeastern Honshu, Japan. J. Fac. Sci. Hokkaido Univ. Ser. 4.19: 75–136.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ueda, Y. andM. Nishida. 1982. On petrified pine leaves from the Upper Cretaceous of Hokkaido. J. Jap. Bot.57: 133–145.

    Google Scholar 

  • Wieland, G.R. 1906. American fossil cycads. I. Carnegie Inst. Wash. Publ.34: 1–296, 50 pls.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. International Budo University, 841 Shinkan, 299-52, Katsuura

    Harufumi Nishida

Authors
  1. Harufumi Nishida
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Nishida, H. Diversity and significance of late cretaceous permineralized plant remains from Hokkaido, Japan. Bot Mag Tokyo 104, 253–273 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02489457

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02489457

Key words

Search

Navigation