Name:
Wan Mingli
Education:
Ph.D.
Title:
Academic title:
Professor
Postal Code:
210008
Subject categories:
Palaeontology
Mailing Address:
39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing, China
E-mail:
mlwan@nigpas.ac.cn
Resume

Nationality: Chinese

Present address: No. 39, East Beijing Road, Nanjing, China

Telephone: +86-25-83282272

E-mail: mlwan@nigpas.ac.cn   

  

Education

2011-2014: Ph.D. in Palaeontology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.

2008-2011:  MS in Palaeontology and Stratigraphy, Institute of Sedimentary Geology, Chengdu University of Technology, China.

2004-2008:  BS in Marine Management, Huaihai Institute of Technology, China.   

  

Employment

2024.3-present  Professor, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

2019.3-2024.3  Associate Professor, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

2016.3-2018.3  Postdoctoral Fellow, Missouri University of Science and Technology

2014.8-2019.3  Research Associate, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Research direction

1) Floral succession in the Palaeozoic to Mesozoic transitional zones in North and Northwestern China

2) Taxonomy of fossil plants from the Angara and Cathaysia floras in China based on petrified wood, impressions, and cuticles

3) Non-marine stratigraphy

4) Cathaysia-Angara mixed flora in northwestern China

5) Development, evolution and extinction of the Cathaysia Flora

Achievements:

Member of Youth Innovation Promotion AssociationChinese Academy of Sciences (2020-2023)

Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers (2019-2020)

Research:

1. Floral successions during the PalaeozoicMesozoic transition in Bogda Mountains, Xinjiang (NSFC). Duration: 1/1/2019-12/31/2022. PI

2. Vegetation changeovers in the Permian-Triassic transitional zones in southern and northern foothills of Bogda Mountains, Xinjiang (Project of State Key Laboratory of Palaeobilogy and Stratigraphy). Duration: 7/1/2018-6/30/2021. PI

3. The Permian Angara flora of northern Xinjiang, and its palaeoclimatic significance, Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). Duration: 1/1/2016-12/31/2018. PI

4. The systematic and palaeoecological research on the Lopingian flora from Bogda Mountains, northwestern China (Basic Project of State Key Laboratory of Palaeobilogy and Stratigraphy). Duration: 8/1/2015-7/31/2018. PI

Publications:

54) Zhou, W.*, Psenicka, J.*, Frojdová, J.V., Wang, J., Wan, M., Feng, Z., 2023. Two anachoropterid fern rachises from the in situ volcanic ash of the Whetstone Horizon (Kladno Formation, Pennsylvanian), Radnice Basin, Czech Republic. Palaeoworld. doi: 10.1016/j.palwor.2023.02.003.

53) Wang K., Huang, X., Yang W., Wang J., Wan M.*, 2023. A new gymnospermous stem from the Moscovian (Carboniferous) of North China, and its palaeoecological significance for the Cathaysian Flora at the early evolutionary stage. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 311, 104858. doi: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2023.104858.

 

52) Gastaldo, R.A.*, Wan, M., Yang, W., 2023. The taphonomic character, occurrence, and persistence of upper Permian-lower Triassic plant assemblages in the mid-latitudes, Bogda Mountains, western China. PALAIOS 38, 1–21. doi: 10.2110/palo.2022.02521

51) Li, D., Zhou, W., Wan, M., Wang, S., Wang, J.*, 2022. Leaf scar and petiole anatomy reveal Pecopteris lativenosa Halle is a marattialean fern. Geobios. doi: 10.1016/j.geobios.2022.07.004

50) Wang, Y., Wan, M., Zhang, H., Cai, C., Hang, D.*, 2022. Palaeozoic insects from China with discussion on their ages. Palaeoentomology 5, 362–377. doi: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.5.4.9

49) Zhan, X.*, Zhan, Z., Ping, W., Zhao, H., Zhang, Y., Wan, M., 2022. C30 and C31 steranes in Permian fossil conifers Protophyllocladoxylon. Applied Geochemistry 143, 105328. doi: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2022.105328

48) Zhang, B., Li, D., Wan, M., Zhou, W., Psenicka, J., Bek, J., Wang, J.*, 2022. A new species of Scolecopteris (Marattiales, Psaroniaceae) from the early Permian Wuda Tuff Flora. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 304, 104717. doi: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2022.104717

47) Wang K., Yang W., Li D., Wang J., Wan M.*, 2022. Anatomically preserved cordaitalean trees from the Pennsylvanian of Yangquan City, Shanxi Province, and their implication for a perhumid climate in North China Block. Palaeoworld, 31, 294-310. doi: 10.1016/j.palwor.2021.07.004

46) Oplustil S.*, Cleal C.J., Wang J., Wan M., 2022. Carboniferous macrofloral biostratigraphy – an overview. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 512, 813-863. https://doi.org/10.1144/SP512-2020-97.

45) Zhou W., Wan M., Psenicka J., Wang J.*, 2022. Discovery of coprolites in an Early Permian fern mesophyll. Palaeoentomology. doi: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.5.1.1

44) Chen B., Wan M., Zhou W., Wan S., Wang J.*, 2022. Anatomy of Stigmaria asiaticaJongmans et Gothan from the Asselian (lowermost Permian) of Wuda Coalfield, Inner Mongolia, North China. Palaeoworld, 31, 311-323. doi: 10.1016/j.palwor.2021.05.001

43) Wan M.*, Yang W., Wang K., Liu L., Wang J., 2021. Zhuotingoxylonliaoi gen. et sp. nov., a silicified coniferous trunk from the Changhsingian (Permian) of southern Bogda Mountains, northwestern China. Geological Journal, 56 (12), 6135-6150. doi: 10.1002/gj.4189

42) Wan M.*, Yang W., Wan S., Wang J., 2021. Wildfires in the Early Triassic of northeastern Pangaea: Evidence from fossil charcoal in the Bogda Mountains, northwestern China. Palaeoworld, 30, 593-601. doi: 10.1016/j.palwor.2021.07.002

41) Wan M.*, Wang J., Shi T., Wang K., Tang P., Wang J., 2021. Megaporoxylon sinensis sp. nov., a new coniferous trunk from the Upper Triassic of northern Bogda Mountains, northwestern China. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 295, 104536. doi: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2021.104536

40) Cheng C., Wei H., Wan S., Wang J., Wan M.*, 2021. Mesofossils with noeggerathialean affinity based on epidermal characteristics from the Mississippian (lower Carboniferous) of Gansu Province, northwestern China. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 290, 104432. doi: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2021.104432

39) Wan M.*, Sun W., Bek J., Liu F., Hill C., Wang J.*, 2021.Scolecopterisminuta sp. nov., a marattialean fern from the early Permian Wuda Tuff Flora of Inner Mongolia, China. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 294, 104246. doi: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2020.104246

38) Yang, W., Wan, M., Crowley, J.L., Wang, J., Luo, X.R., Tabor, N., Angielczyk, K.D., Gastaldo, R., Geissman, J., Liu, F., Roopnarine, P., Sidor, C.A., 2021. Paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic evolution and cyclo- and chronostratigraphy of upper Permian-Lower Triassic fluvial-lacustrine deposits in Bogda Mountains, NW China – Implications for diachronous plant evolution across the Permian-Triassic boundary. Earth-Science Reviews, 222, 103741. doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103741

37) Oplustil S.*, Wang J.*, Pfefferkorn H.W., Psenicka J., Bek J., Libertín M., Wang J., Wan M., He X., Yan M., Wei H., Frojdova J.V., 2021. T0 Early Permian coal-forest preservedin situin volcanic ash bedin the Wuda Coalfield, Inner Mongolia, China. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 294, 104347. doi: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2020.104347

36) Zhou W., Psenicka J., Bek J., Wan M., Boyce C.K., Wang, J.*, 2021. A new anachoropterid fern from the Asselian (Cisuralian) Wuda Tuff Flora. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 294, 104346. doi: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2020.104346

35) Zhou W., Wan S., Wan M., Hilton J., Psenicka J., Wang J.*, 2021. Yangopterisascendens (Halle) gen. et comb. nov., a climbing alethopterid pteridosperm from the Asselian (earliest Permian) Wuda Tuff Flora. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 294, 104282. doi: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2020.104282

34) Feng Z.*, Wang J., Zhou W., Wan M., Psenicka J., 2021. Plant–insect interactions in the early Permian Wuda Tuff Flora, North China. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 294, 104269. doi: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2020.104269

33) Liu L., Psenicka J., Bek J.,Wan M., Pfefferkorn H.W., Wang J.*, 2021. A whole calamitacean plantPalaeostachyaguanglongiifrom the Asselian (Permian) Taiyuan Formation in the Wuda Coalfield, Inner Mongolia, China. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 294, 104245. doi: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2020.104245

32) Wan M., Shi G.*, Luo M., Lee S., Wang J., 2020. First record of a petrified gymnospermous wood from the Kungurian (late Early Permian) of the southern Sydney Basin, southeastern Australia, and its paleoclimatic implications. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 276, 104202. doi: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2020.104202

31) Wan M.*, Yang W., Wan S., Li D., Zhou W., He X., Wang J., 2020. Giant cordaitalean trees in early Permian riparian canopies in North China: Evidence from anatomically preserved trunks in Yangquan, Shanxi Province. Palaeoworld, 29, 469-475. doi: 10.1016/j.palwor.2020.04.008

30) Wan M.*, Yang W., Wang J., 2020. Palaeocupressinoxylonuniserialenov. gen. et nov. sp., a gymnospermous wood from the upper Permian of Central Taodonggou, southern Bogda Mountains, northwestern China. Palaeoworld, 29, 117-125. doi: 10.1016/j.palwor.2019.06.002

29) Lei X.*, Zhou W., Wan M., Wei H., Wang B., 2020. A new scorpion from a Permian peat swamp in Inner Mongolia, China. Proceedings of the Geologists Association, 131, 160-167. doi: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2020.02.006

28) Wan M., Yang W., Wang J.*, 2019. Sclerospiroxylonxinjiangensis sp. nov., a gymnospermous wood from the Kungurian (lower Permian) southern Bogda Mountains, northwestern China: systematics and palaeoecology. Geobios, 52, 85-97. doi: 10.1016/j.geobios.2018.11.005

27) Wan M.*, Yang W., Wang J., 2019. A new Protophyllocladoxylon wood from the Lower Triassic in southern BogdaMoutains, northwestern China. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 267, 62-72. doi: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2019.05.005

26) Wan M.*, Yang W., Wang J., 2019. Amyelonbogdense sp. nov., a silicified gymnospermous root from the Changhsingian–Induan (?) in southern Bogda Mountains, northwestern China. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 263, 12-27. doi: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2019.01.004

25) 刘陆军, 程晨, 万明礼吴秀元, 王军, 2019. 论中国北方晚二叠世混生植物群的区系划分. 古生物学报, 58 (1), 47-71.

24) 梁荣嘉,万明礼,杨晚,王军, 2019. 内蒙古乌达煤田早二叠世山西组45号煤层底板植物群研究. 古生物学报, 58 (1), 23-46.

23) Backer M., Wan M., Wang J.*, 2019. Frond morphology and epidermal anatomy of Compsopteriswongii(T. Halle) Zalessky from the Permian of Shanxi, China. PalaontologischeZeitschrift, 93, 454-464. doi: 10.1007/s12542-019-00471-0

22) Zhou W., Wan M., Koll R.A., Wang J.*, 2018. Occurrence of earliest gigantopterid from the basal Permian of the North China Block and its bearing on evolution. Geological Journal 53, 500-509. doi: 10.1002/gj.2907

21) Wan M., Yang W., He X., Zhou W., Liu L., Wang J.*, 2017. Yangquanoxylonmiscellum gen. nov. et sp. nov., a gymnospermous wood from the Upper Pennsylvanian–lower Permian Taiyuan Formation of Yangquan City, Shanxi Province, with reference to the palaeoclimate in North China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 479, 115-125. doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.04.022

20) Wan M., Yang W., Liu L., Wang J*., 2017. Ductoagathoxylonjimsarensis sp. nov., a coniferous wood from the Wuchiapingian (upper Permian) Wutonggou Formation in Junggar Basin, northern Bogda Mountains, northwestern China. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 241, 13–25. doi: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2017.02.004

19) Wan M., Yang W., Tang P., Liu L., Wang J.*, 2017. Medulloprotaxodioxylontriassicum gen. et sp. nov., a taxodiaceousconifer wood from the Norian (Triassic) of northern Bogda Mountains, northwestern China. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 466, 353–360. doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.11.050

18) Wan M., Yang W., He X., Liu L., Wang J.*, 2017. First record of fossil basidiomycete clamp connections in cordaitalean (Cordaitales) stems from the Asselian-Sakmarian (lower Permian) of Shanxi Province, North China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 466, 353-360. doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.11.050

17) Cheng C., Wan M., Yan M., Zhou W., Wang J.*, 2017. First record of charcoalifiedsphenopteridmesofossils from the Serpukhovian (Mississippian, early Carboniferous) Jingyuan (Tsingyuan) Formation in Gansu Province, western China. Palaeoworld, 25, 21-31. doi: 10.1016/j.palwor.2016.05.003

16) 刘莉,万明礼,王军,2017. 内蒙古乌达早二叠世火山凝灰岩植物群中长星叶Asterophylliteslongifolius(Sternberg) Brongniart的形态复原与生态习性探讨。古生物学报,56 (3), 357-373.

15) He X., Shi T., Wan M., Wang S., Hilton J., Tang P., Wang J.*, 2017. Peltaspermalean seed ferns with preserved cuticle from the Upper Triassic Karamay Formation in the Junggar Basin, northwestern China. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 247, 68-82. doi: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2017.08.002

14) Wan M., Yang W., Liu L., Wang J.*, 2016. Plant-arthropod and plant-fungus interactions in late Permian gymnospermous woods from Bogda Mountains, Xinjiang, northwestern China. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 235, 120–128. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2016.10.003

13) Wan M., Zhou W., Tang P., Liu L., Wang J. *, 2016.Xenoxylonjunggarensis sp. nov., a new gymnospermous fossil wood from the Norian (Triassic) Huangshanjie Formation in northwestern China, and its palaeoclimatic implications. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 441, 679-687. doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.10.021

12) Wan M., Zhou W., He X., Liu L., Wang J.*, 2016. A typical Euramerican floral element from the Shanxi Formation (Cisuralian, lower Permian) in the Wuda Coal Field, Inner Mongolia, North China. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, 96, 507-516. doi: 10.1007/s12549-016-0246-z.

11) Wan M., Zhou W., Yang W., Wang J.*, 2016. Charred wood of Prototaxoxylon from the Wuchiapingian Wutonggou Formation (Permian) of Dalongkou, northern Bogda Mountains, northwestern China. Palaeoworld, 25: 21-31. doi: 10.1016/j.palwor.2015.06.003

10) Yan M., Wan M., He X., Hou X., Wang J.*, 2016. First report of Cisuralian (Early Permian) charcoal layers within a coalbed from Baode, North China: evidence of wildfires in tropical swamp of Cathaysia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 459, 94-408. doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.07.031

9) He X., Wang S., Wan M., Hilton J., Wang J. *, 2016. GigantopterisSchenk ex Yabe in the Lopingian (Late Permian) flora of central Shanxi in the North China Block: palaeobiogeographical and palaeoecological implications. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 116, 115-121. doi: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2015.11.009

8Wan M., Wang J.*, 2015. Nanshanopteris nervosa gen. et sp. nov., a glenopterid foliage from the Lopingian Sunan Formation, Yumen, western China. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 219, 39-51. doi: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.03.009

7) 周卫明,万明礼,颜梦晓,程晨,王军,2015. 内蒙古乌达煤田早二叠世山西组湿地植被群落演替序列。古生物学报,54 (1), 66-83.

6He X., Wan M., Yan M., Wang S., Wang J. *, 2015. Paleoecology of Oligocarpiagothanii Halle from the Middle Permian of Southeastern Shanxi, North China. Acta GeologicaSinica (English Edition), 89, 1063-1075. doi: 10.1111/1755-6724.12514

5) 罗正江,师天明,唐鹏,黄嫔,郑大燃,万明礼,王旭,殷勇,2015. 准噶尔盆地西北缘克拉玛依组地质时代再认识。新疆石油地质,36 (6), 668-681.

4) Wan M., Yang W., Wang J.*, 2014. Septomedullopitysszei sp. nov., a new gymnospermous wood from Lower Wuchiapingian (Upper Permian) continental deposits of NW China, and its implication for a weakly seasonal humid climate in mid-latitude NE Pangaea. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 407, 1-13. doi: 0.1016/j.palaeo.2014.04.011

3) Wang J.*, Wan M., Pfefferkorn H.W., 2014.Aphlebiahvistendahliae sp. nov. from the early Permian Wuda Tuff Flora, Inner Mongolia.Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 210, 69–76. doi: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2014.08.001

2)  万明礼,石和,王道永,2011.云南墨江羊八寨地区晚二叠世晚期植物群.古生物学报,50 (2), 236-248.

 

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