A new Euprox from the Late Miocene of Yuanmou,Yunnan Province,China,with interpretation of its paleoenvironment

The Yuanmou Basin of Yunnan Province is a hotspot for the research of early homind evolution and its environmental background.During the implementation of the Program“Research of the Origin and Evolution of Early Man and Its Environmental Baqckground” from 1998 to 2001,a huge quantity of hominoid and mammal fossils were collected.The present report systematically describes an Euprox robustus sp.nov.identified during the recent laboratory work on the collected material.Euprox is a group of earliest cervids with true antlers.The new species is the third one of the genus discovered in China.Judged by its morphologic characteristics,the new species feed on juicy and tender leaves of dicotyledon.It implies that the vegetation of its epoch in the Yuanmou Basin is a kind of southern subtropical evergreen forest and the climate is humid and temperate with evident seasonality.The latter is mostly influenced by the monsoon and secondly by the latitude.     

Eolian origin of the Miocene loess-soil sequence at Qin’an, China: Evidence of quartz morphology and quartz grain-size

Recent study revealed that the so-called Neogene Gansu System in the western Loess Plateau contains loess-soil sequences of Miocene age. A most complete sequence （QA-I） covers a time interval from ～22 to ～.6.2 Ma BP, consisting of more than 230 visually definable paleosols interbedded with loess layers. A loess-soil sequence of late Miocene-Pliocene age, synchronous with the Hipparian Red Clay in the eastern Loess Plateau, was also recognized, and extends the Miocene sequences into the Pliocene, ～3.5 Ma BP. Recently, Miocene eolian deposits were also reported from the high terraces near Xining.     

Taxonomy, age and environment status of the Yuanmou hominoids

When, where and from which hominoid the human originated has been one of the key subjects in the study of human natural history. It is therefore very important to learn the chronological, geographical and taxonomic distribution of all hominoids. Yunnan Pr…     

甘肃临夏盆地晚中新世鹫类化石一新材料

对发现于甘肃临夏盆地的一件晚中新世大型猛禽化石标本进行了详细的对比描述.该标本较之前在我国发现的晚中新世大型猛禽类江苏泗洪的顾氏中新鹫(Mioaegypius)、山东山旺的泰山齐鲁鸟(Qiluornis)和甘肃鹫(Gansugyps)的个体均小,骨骼反映出的形态结构和前后肢比例及头骨比例也与其它鸟类有所差异.系统研究表明,它是甘肃鹫属一新材料.这一大型猛禽的发现,为研究早期猛禽类的演化、鸟类多样性以及临夏盆地晚中新世柳树组地层与古环境提供了重要的实物材料.     

元谋盆地小河地区河湖相沉积物岩石磁学性质研究及其古气候意义

对元谋盆地小河地区竹棚豹子洞箐剖面河湖相沉积物进行的磁化率及磁化率各向异性、κ-T曲线、非磁滞剩磁、(饱和)等温剩磁、低温磁学性质和磁滞回线等测试分析结果表明, 沉积物的磁性矿物以赤铁矿为主, 并含有少量磁铁矿; 磁性矿物的含量和类型随沉积时间呈现有规律的变化, 至少可以识别出8个磁铁矿含量较高的短期事件, 这些短期事件对应的古气候条件可能与元谋盆地现今的亚热带干热气候相似. 综合岩石磁学和岩石地层研究结果, 认为元谋盆地晚中新世处于一个较为稳定的接受沉积区, 以温暖湿润气候为主, 间有短期的干热气候, 为理解约8.1 MaBP前后我国西南地区气候转型及古猿演化提供了较为丰富的古环境信息.     

甘肃发现中新世鸵鸟化石

最近, 中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所的古哺乳动物学家们在甘肃临夏盆地工作时, 采到一件属于晚中新世地层中的大型地栖鸟类的腰带骨骼. 经研究, 这一大型鸟类属鸵鸟类的一个早期代表, 可归入鸵鸟属(Struthio). 从中新世至上新世, 鸵鸟化石通常和三趾马动物群共生. 化石产出地区临夏新生代沉积盆地从渐新世至全新世的地层保存连续完整[1,2], 产大量哺乳动物, 其中也含不少鸟类化石. 其生存环境为广阔的湿地和草原........................     

中新世礁相碳酸盐岩沉积构成及成礁模式——以西沙海域为例

 结合最新钻井、地震资料,剖析了中新世生物礁体沉积构成以及成礁演化模式。揭示了研究区造礁生物主要为钙藻,其次为六射珊瑚,附礁生物以有孔虫和介形虫为主。根据是否发育造礁生物将岩石分为礁格架-骨架岩和非礁格架-骨架岩2类,前者包括珊瑚藻格架和珊瑚骨架焦白云岩及红藻-仙掌藻白云岩2种,非礁骨架岩分为生物碎屑灰岩、粒泥灰岩和泥粒灰岩3种。沉积相包括礁格架相、礁坪相、礁后滩相、泻湖相和生物碎屑滩相5种。中新世生物礁是在相对海平面不断上升的背景下沉积演化的,属于加积-退积型生物礁沉积旋回,礁体发育期可分为奠基、初始繁盛、顶峰、暴露衰退4个阶段,暴露衰退末期发生强烈的白云化作用,淡水淋滤溶蚀作用形成较好的储集层。     

内蒙古大青山晚中生代以来的隆升-剥露过程

对大青山东段4件基岩样品进行磷灰石裂变径迹研究,获得该区晚中生代以来的隆升?剥露历史,并探讨大青山现代地貌的形成。样品的磷灰石裂变径迹年龄为57.7±3.8~50.4±3.3 Ma,封闭径迹长度分布在10.7±0.4~9.9±0.1μm之间。热历史模拟结果表明,大青山地区存在晚白垩世(约100~90 Ma)和中?晚中新世(13.5~7 Ma)以来两个快速抬升冷却阶段,13.5~7 Ma以来是本区剥露最快的时期,这一阶段的隆升造就现今大青山的地貌格局。