澄江动物群中翻吻动物的埋葬学与生态学研究

目的探讨云南早寒武世澄江化石库中翻吻动物的运动和生态习性。方法依据大量蠕虫标本的观察,认为的确有一部分翻吻动物化石为异地埋葬,并列举了一些原地埋葬的证据。结果部分翻吻动物如Tylotites petiolaris,Paraselkirkia 可能为营底上生活而并非全部为底内钻孔生活;报道了部分翻吻动物的密集埋葬现象;发现一些Cricocosmia 虫体表面具有一种未知生物属性的附生物,可能代表了一种外寄生关系;翻吻动物在滇东地区的分布可能受水深控制。结论早寒武世翻吻动物的运动,以及生态习性发生了一定程度的分异。     

A rare lobopod with well-preserved eyes from Chengjiang Lagerstātte and its implications for origin of arthropods

The origin of arthropods has long been one ofthe most hotly-debated subjects. Arthropods used to bethought closely related with annelids, but the two groups arenow believed to be separated into two major realms withinProtostomia on the basis of new molecular data. Although itis generally held by paleontologists that arthropods should berooted in the early lobopods-.a kind of worm-like creaturewith non-segmented legs, no intermediate forms have beenfound to bridge them. Here we report an organism with amixture of characters, including features characteristic ofarthropods (e.g., primary cephalization with paired eyes,paired antennae, and preliminary tagmosis) and of lobopods(e.g., worm-like body design, the dorsal spines, andnon-segmented limbs or lobe-like legs). The discovery of therare transitional form may throw new light on the origin ofarthropods and suggests that the most primitive arthropodsbegan with paired uniramous legs and the biramous onesevolved later.     

贵州凯里早寒武世杷榔动物群的发现

2004年初，贵州省凯里市第四中学自然科学老师巫宜山带领学生进行科普活动时，于凯里市西北郊翁岭塘一带的寒武系灰色一灰绿色粉砂质页岩、含钙粉砂质泥岩中发现了大量的三叶虫及棘皮动物始海百合类化石，5月初，我们应邀主持这一发现的研究，经多次野外观察、化石采集及剖面测制，     

四川侏罗纪恐龙化石

文章将四川株罗纪恐龙划为四个相关的恐龙动物群：（１）＿早侏罗世禄矸龙动物群（Ｌｕｆｅｎ－ｇｏｓａｕｒｕｓＦａｕｎａ）；（２）早株罗世资中龙动物群（ＺｉｚｈｏｎｇｏｓａｕｒｕｓＦａｕｎａ）；（３）中侏罗世蜀龙－峨眉龙动物群（Ｓｈｕｎｏｓａｕｒｕｓ－ＯｍｅｉｓａｕｒｓＦａｕｎａ）；（４）马门溪龙动物群（ＭａｍｅｎｃｈｉｓａｕｒｕｓＦａｎｕａ）。文章还根据动物群特征以及与国外同时代恐龙的对比，四川盆地株     

贵州台江早寒武世台江动物群的发现及意义

贵州台江八郎凯里组剖面中下部中、下寒武统界线之下厚达１５米左右的粉砂质泥岩、页岩中存在着一个类似凯里动物群的台江动物群,由８个门类３９个属组成,核心为蠕形动物,三叶虫数量很多。形成于内陆棚浅海环境。时代为早寒武世末期,介于著名的早寒武世早期澄江动物群和中寒武世早期凯里动物群之间,对于早期后生动物的演化研究具有重要的意义。     

重庆合川三汇坝晚更新世哺乳动物群

对三汇坝牛尾洞发现的19种哺乳动物化石应用数理统计分析、铀系和含氟量测年分析、孢粉分析进行了研究.论证了它们是一个晚更新世时生活于亚热带暖热湿润气候中的乔木林-灌木林-湿草地动物群.通过它与四川盆地第四纪的几个典型动物群相比较,证明其性质仍是我国南方广义“大熊猫-剑齿象动物群”之一员.其特点鲜明,是该动物群演化发展过程中的一环,介于歌乐山与资阳两动物群之间.     

贵州关岭动物群时代的牙形石地层证据

通过对关岭动物群产出层位瓦窑组及其下伏地层竹杆坡组采集到的牙形石样品进行处理,得到典型牙形石带分子Paragondolella polygnathiformis和Paragondolella tadpole. 经对比,可知竹杆坡组顶部和瓦窑组的时代为晚三叠世卡尼期中期或晚期,而不是中三叠世拉丁期,从而表明关岭动物群的时代是晚三叠世卡尼中-晚期.     

浙江沿海中合新世古气候,古环境初步分析

首次通过对浙江象山爵溪镇下沙、大岙和岱山大长涂岛小沙河３个中全新世海滩岩剖面进行以动物群分析为基础，应用δ＾１８Ｏ和＾１４Ｃ等手段相结合的综合研究，初步分析了浙江沿海中全新世的古气候、古环境。     

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The discovery of Jurassic plants in Shenzhen of Guangdong,southern China and related significance

Investigations of major marine and non-marine geologic and biotic events across the Triassic-Jurassic transition rely predominantly on detailed stratigraphic frameworks and biodiversity analyses. The alternating sequences of marine and terrestrial Triassic-Jurassic for- mations in Guangdong Province represent one of the most remarkable coal-bearing series in southern China. The Lower Jurassic Jinji Formation is widely distributed in Guangdong, with continuously outcropped sections and rich marine and non-marine fossil fauna. However, as little research has been conducted on fossil plant remains in the Jinji Formation, it is difficult to understand the systematics, diversity, and floral aspects of the Jurassic. Here we report on the recent collection of rich fossil plants from the Jinji Formation in the Dapeng area of Shenzhen, southern Guangdong Province. Our studies demonstrate taxonomical affiliations, preservation status, and diversity features of these plant fossils, which are marked by the close associ- ation of densely preserved, pinnae and rachis connected leaves, and the bennettitalean reproductive organs of Wil- liamsoniella, which may represent an Early Jurassic plant community dominated by Otozamites of the bennettitales. This work not only represents the first discovery of fossil plants in the Shenzhen area, but is also the first docu- mentation of Jurassic plants in Guangdong and the Pearl River Delta regions. Research related to these plant fossils will be helpful in the correlation of the Early Mesozoiccoal-bearing strata in Guangdong, and will provide a dee- per understanding of variations in plant diversity of the Triassic and Jurassic transition in southern China. Addi- tionally, it will provide terrestrial plant evidence for explorations in Jurassic palaeoecology, palaeoclimatology, and palaeogeography of southern China.