ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Endocarps of Parinari (Chrysobalanaceae) from the Neogene of Northeastern Thailand
1
Northeastern Research Institute of Petrified Wood and Mineral Resources, Nakhon Ratchasima Rajabhat
University, Nakhon Ratchasima 30000, Thailand
2
Geoinformatic Program, Faculty of Science and Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima Rajabhat University,
Nakhon Ratchasima 30000, Thailand
Online publication date: 2022-06-28
Publication date: 2022-06-28
Acta Palaeobotanica 2022; 62(1): 24-35
HIGHLIGHTS
- Two new species of Parinari (Chrysobalanaceae) proposed from the late Miocene of Thailand
- The first record of fossil fruits of Parinari and Chrysobalanaceae from Asia
- The results show that Parinari was already pantropical by the Miocene.
- Fruits of Parinari can be more accurately identified to genus than other organs
KEYWORDS
ABSTRACT
Five fossil endocarps were collected from late Miocene fluvial deposits in a commercial sandpit in
Northeastern Thailand. The endocarps were studied with light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy
(SEM) and compared with recent and fossil endocarps. We conclude that the endocarps are Parinari (Chrysobalanaceae)
and propose two new species, P. hilliana and P. khoratensis. These provide the first record of Parinari
fruits from Asia and the Pacific region and indicate that the genus was already pantropical by the Miocene with
previous reports of Miocene Parinari endocarps from Africa (Ethiopia) and the Neotropics (Panama).
REFERENCES (42)
1.
Andrews, H.N., Jr., 1970. Index of generic names of fossil plants, 1820-1860. Geological Survey Bulletin 1300, 1–354.
2.
Aublet, J.B.C.F., 1775. Histoire des Plantes de la Guiane Françoise. Pierre-François Didot, London.
3.
Awasthi, N., 1969. A new fossil wood resembling the genus Parinarium of the family Rosaceae from the Tertiary of South India. The Palaeobotanist 179(3), 317–321.
4.
Awasthi, N., Agarwal, A., 1986. A carbonised wood resembling Parinari from the Neyveli Lignite deposits, India. The Palaeobotanist 35(1), 57–60.
5.
Bardon, L., Sothers, C., Prance, G.T., Malé, P.-J.G., Xi, Z., Davis, C.C., Murienne, J., García-Villacorat, R., Coissac, E., Lavergne, S., Chave, J., 2016. Unraveling the biogeographical history of Chrysobalanaceae from plastic genomes. American Journal of Botany 103(6), 1089–1102. https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.15....
6.
Brown, R., 1818. Chrysobalanaceae. In: Tuckey, J.K. (ed.), Narrative of an Expedition to Explore the River Zaire, Usually Called the Congo, in South Africa, Appendix 5. John Murray, London, pp. 433–434.
7.
Chaimanee, Y., Yamee, C., Tian, P., Khaowiset, K., Marandat, B., Tafforeau, P., Nemoz, C., Jaeger, J.-J., 2006. Khorat piriyai, a Late Miocene hominoid of Thailand. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 131(3), 311–323. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.2...
9.
Chave, J., Sothers, C., Iribar, A., Suescun, U., Chase, M.W., Prance, G.T., 2020. Rapid diversification rates in Amazonian Chrysobalanaceae inferred from plastid genome phylogenetics. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 271–289. https://doi.org/10.1093/botlin....
10.
Duangkrayom, J., Wang, S.-Q., Deng, T., Jintasakul, P., 2017. The first Neogene record of Zygolophodon (Mammalia, Proboscidea) in Thailand: implications for the mammutid evolution and dispersal in Southeast Asia. Journal of Paleontology 9(1), 179–193. https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.20....
11.
Elayaraja, M., Kumarasamy, D., 2019. Charcoalified wood of Hopenium pondicherriensis (Dipterocarpaceae) from Neyveli Lignite Formation. International Letters of Natural Sciences 75, 36–40. https://doi.org/10.18052/www.s....
12.
Forest Biodiversity Division, No date. Ma Phok [in Thai]. Available from: http://biodiversity.forest. go.th/index.php?option=com_dofplant&id=31&view =showone&Itemid=59. Accessed 15 December 2021.
13.
Gardner, S., Sidisunthorn, P., Chayamarit, K., 2015. Forest Trees of Southern Thailand. Volume 1. Kobfai Publishing Project, Bangkok.
14.
Handa, N., Nishioka, Y., Duangkrayom, J., Jintasakul, P., 2020. Brachypotherium perimense (Perissodactyla, Rhinocerotidae) from the Miocene of Nakhon Ratchasima, Northeastern Thailand, with comments on fossil records of Brachypotherium. Historical Biology 33(9), 1642–1660. https://doi.org/10.1080/089129....
15.
Herrera, F., Mitchell, J.D., Pell, S.K., Collinson, M.E., Daly, D.C., Manchester, S.R., 2018. Fruit morphology and anatomy of the spondioid Anacardiaceae. Botanical Review 84, 315–393. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12229....
16.
Hill, A.W., 1933. The method of germination of seeds enclosed in a stony endocarp. Annals of Botany 47, 873–887.
17.
Hill, A.W., 1937. The method of germination of seeds enclosed in a stony endocarp. II. Annals of Botany, N.S. 1, 239–256.
18.
Hooker, J.D., Bentham, G., 1849. Flora Nigritiana. In: Hooker, W.J. (ed.), Niger Flora. Hippolyte Bailliere, London, pp. 203–577.
19.
Horn, S.P., Sanford, R.L., Jr., David, D., Lott, T.A., Renne, P.R., Wiemann, M.C., Cozadd, D., Vargas, O., 2003. Pleistocene plant fossils in and near La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica. Biotropica 35(3), 434–441.
20.
Jud, N.A., Nelson, C.W., Herrera, F., 2016. Fruits and wood of Parinari from the early Miocene of Panama and the fossil record of Chrysobalanaceae. American Journal of Botany 103(2), 277–289. https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.15....
21.
Kostermans, A.J.G.H., 1965. A monograph of the genus Parinari Aubl. (Rosacae – Chrysobalanoideae) in Asia and the Pacific Region. Reinwardtia 7(2), 147–213.
22.
Kostermans, A.J.G.H., 1969. Atuna Rafiq. versus Cyclandrophora Hassk. (Rosaceae – Chrysobalanoideae). Reinwardtia 7(5), 421–422.
23.
Lott, T.A., Dilcher, D.L., Horn, S.P., Vargas, O., Sanford, R.L., Jr., 2011. Pleistocene flora of Viejo, Costa Rica. Palaeontologica Electronica 14(1), 5A, 15 pp. http://palaeo-electronica.org/....
24.
Nishioka, Y., Vidthayanon, C., 2018. First occurrence of Duboisia (Bovidae, Artiodactyla, Mammalia,) from Thailand. Fossil Record 21, 291–299. https://doi.org/10.5194/fr-21-....
25.
Nishioka, Y., Vidthayanon, C., Hanta, R., Duangkrayom, J., Jintasakul, P., 2020. Neogene Bovidae from Tha Chang sandpits, Nakhon Ratchasima, northeastern Thailand. The Thailand Natural History Museum Journal 14(1), 59–71.
26.
Phillipson, D.W., 1976. The prehistory of eastern Zambia. Memoir of the British Institute in Eastern Africa 6, 1–299.
28.
Prance, G.T., 1979. New genera and species of Chrysobalanaceae from Malesia and Oceania. Brittonia 31(1), 79–91.
30.
Prance, G.T., Sothers, C.A., 2003. Chrysobalanaceae 1. Chrysobalanus to Parinari. Species Plantarum. Flora of the World. Part 9, 1–319.
31.
Prance, G.T., White, F., 1988. The genera of Chrysobalanaceae: a study in practical and theoretical taxonomy and its relevance to evolutionary biology. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. B. Biological Sciences 420, No. 1197, 1–184.
32.
Singh, A., Misra, B.K., Singh, B.D., Navale, G.K.B., 1992. The Neyveli lignite deposits (Cauvery basin), India: organic composition, age and depositional pattern. International Journal of Coal Geology 21, 45–97.
33.
Sothers, C.A., Prance, G.T., 2014. Resurrection of Angelesia, a Southeast Asian genus of Chrysobalanaceae. Blumea 59, 103–105. https://doi.org/10.3767/000651....
34.
Sothers, C.A., Prance, G.T., Chase, M.W., 2016. Towards a monophyletic Licania: a new generic classification of the polyphyletic Neotropical genus Licania (Chrysobalanaceae). Kew Bulletin 71, 58. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225....
35.
Srivastava, G., Gaur, R., Mehrotra, R.C., 2015. Lagerstroemia L. from the middle Miocene Siwalik deposits, northern India: Implication for Cenozoic range shifts of the genus and the family Lythraceae. Journal of Earth System Science 124(1), 227–239.
36.
Srivastava, R., Awasthi, N., 1996. Fossil wood from Neogene of Warkalli beds of Kerala Coast and their palaeoecological significance. Geophytology 26(1), 89–98.
37.
Tiffney, B.H., Fleagle, J.G., Brown, T.M., 1994. Early to Middle Miocene angiosperm fruits and seeds from Fejej, Ethiopia. Tertiary Research 15(1), 25–42.
38.
Trivedi, B.S., Ahuja, M., 1979. Parinarioxylon splendidum sp. nov. from Kalagarh. Current Science 48, 75–76.
39.
White, F., 1976. The taxonomy, ecology and chorology of African Chrysobalanaceae (excluding Acioa). Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 46, 250–350.
40.
Wijninga, V.M., 1996. Neogene ecology of the Salto de Tequendama site (2475 m altitude, Cordillera Oriental, Colombia): the paleobotanical record of montane and lowland forests. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 92, 97–156. https://doi.org/10.1016/0034-6....
41.
Wijninga, V.M., Kuhry, P., 1990. A Pliocene flora from the Subachoque Valley (Cordillera Oriental, Colombia). Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 62, 249– 290. https://doi.org/10.1016/0034-6....
42.
Yang, F.-C., Grote, P.J., 2018. Riverine vegetation and environment of a Late Pleistocene river terrace, Khorat Plateau, Southeast Asia. Palynology 42(2), 158–167. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0191....
CITATIONS (1):
1.
Geodiversity in Khorat Geopark, Thailand: Approaches to geoconservation and sustainable development
Jaroon Duangkrayom, Pratueng Jintasakul, Wickanet Songtham, Parichat Kruainok, Wilailuck Naksri, Nattinee Thongdee, Paul Grote, Tharapong Phetprayoon, Krongkaew Janjitpaiboon, Rapeephan Meephoka
International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks
Jaroon Duangkrayom, Pratueng Jintasakul, Wickanet Songtham, Parichat Kruainok, Wilailuck Naksri, Nattinee Thongdee, Paul Grote, Tharapong Phetprayoon, Krongkaew Janjitpaiboon, Rapeephan Meephoka
International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks
| eISSN: | 2082-0259 |
| ISSN: | 0001-6594 |
We process personal data collected when visiting the website. The function of obtaining information about users and their behavior is carried out by voluntarily entered information in forms and saving cookies in end devices. Data, including cookies, are used to provide services, improve the user experience and to analyze the traffic in accordance with the Privacy policy. Data are also collected and processed by Google Analytics tool (more).
You can change cookies settings in your browser. Restricted use of cookies in the browser configuration may affect some functionalities of the website.
You can change cookies settings in your browser. Restricted use of cookies in the browser configuration may affect some functionalities of the website.
