贵州中南部中三叠世群落古生态研究

文章从群落古生态学的角度,结合岩相学等方面的研究,详细地探讨了贵州中南部中三叠世时的4个生物相、13个群落的特征及其生境,指定了其地理分布范围和生存时限,建立了生物和沉积相模式。认为底栖群落的更替主要由外因——外界环境的变迁引起,而浮游群落的更替则主要由内因——生物自身的进化引起。     

扬子地台早寒武世早期小壳动物的古生态及其生物分区初探

文章讨论了早寒武世早期小壳动物的生存条件及几类常见软舌螺(Microcornus, Actinotheca, Neogloborilus, Paragloborilus, Adyshevitheca, Sulcavitus等)的生活环境及生存方式,并在古生态分析的基础上,对扬子地台早寒武世早期小壳动物的地理分区进行了探讨,提出扬子地台自西向东可分为三个不同的生物地理区,即底栖生物区;浮游、游泳、底栖生物混生区;浮游、游泳动物区。其分区界线大致与三叶虫的分区界线相吻合。     

Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analyses of mammal bone fossils from the Zhongba site in the Three Gorges Reservoir region of the Yangtze River,China

Based on AMS ¹⁴C dating data, carbon and nitrogen isotope analyses were conducted on mammal bone collagen of deer, cattle and pigs from the Zhongba site in the Three Gorges Reservoir region of the Yangtze River. These analyses were conducted to reconstruct palaeodiets of mammals, palaeoecology, palaeoenviroment and previous human activities in the study area. Results show that the collagen loss of bone did not change the in vivo isotopic composition of carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes, and most of the bone fossils were well preserved. The bone collagen of samples from deer had a mean δ¹³C of -23.1‰ and a mean δ¹⁵N of 4.7‰, suggesting that deer subsisted in a closed habitat and fed on branches and leaves. The bone collagen of cattle had a mean δ¹³C of –19.6‰ and a mean δ¹⁵N of 5.2‰, which indicates that cattle subsisted in an open habitat and fed on grasses and stems. The δ¹³C values show that both deer and cattle fed on C₃ plants and lived in the same ecosystem, but the t-test results show that deer δ¹³C and δ¹⁵N values were both more negative than those of cattle, indicating that they inhabited different niches. The δ¹³C and δ¹⁵N values of cattle partially overlapped those of deer, suggesting some competition in diets between them. The t-tests show that the δ¹³C and δ¹⁵N values of pigs were more positive than those of cattle and deer, which signifies that pigs occupied a higher trophic level compared to cattle and deer. The wide range of pig δ¹³C values demonstrates that pig trading had been taking place from early Neolithic Age to late Bronze Age. There were no significant differences in deer δ¹³C and δ¹⁵N values among different archaeological periods, making it clear that climatic, ecological and environmental conditions were kept relatively stable from 2200 to 4200 a BP. This stability may have been responsible for the extensive and complete cultural layers at the Zhongba site. The minimum number of samples required to estimate the mean δ¹³C values of deer, pigs and cattle are 8, 73 and 16, respectively, and for mean δ¹⁵N values of deer, pigs and cattle, the minimum numbers are 4, 5 and 6, respectively.     

论淮河过渡性生物区、性状接引原则及自然史工程

本文论述了安微巢县等地第四纪沉积中哺乳动物化石群同属淮河过渡区中的古菱齿象——披毛犀动物群。根据性状接引原则的论点,淮河过渡区这一生物地理分异具重要演化、生物迁移和古生态意义。自然史工程的主要内容指在漫长地质年代中相邻生物区及过渡生物区中亲近种的长期接触导致了新种(或新亚种)的产生。对生物系统分类有重要意义。     

早寒武世刺石柱盘虫的个体发育

该文详细地研究了古盘虫类三叶虫Shizhudiscus armatus Li(sp.nov.)的个体发育,将其个体发育过程划分为3个时期和8个阶段,总结了该种的形态在个体发育过程中的演变特点以及同生物全息律的关系。此外通过电镜扫描、化学元素能谱分析、切片等手段对磷质三叶虫壳层结构和物质成分也进行了较深入的探讨。     

贵州布寨泥盆纪生物礁的古生物学和古生态学特征

贵州布寨泥盆纪生物礁发育在独山组的鸡泡段和鸡窝寨段,大部分是骨架礁,主要由层孔虫和床板珊瑚构成。部分是障积礁,主要由枝状床板珊瑚和藻类构成。在礁组合中可识别出4个生物群落和一个生物组合,各生物群落和生物组合发育于各自互不相同的环境。根据生物群落和生物组合的生态分析及与邻区礁组合的生物群落对比,认为布寨礁发育在环境条件较为稳定的浅海,海水的温度、含盐度、清洁度、深度和水动力条件都比较适合造礁生物生长。图2,参9。     

First record of a non-pollinating fig wasp (Hymenoptera: Sycophaginae) from Dominican amber,with estimation of the size of its host figs

Fig trees and their pollinating fig wasps arose about 75 million years ago in the Cretaceous period. Several other groups of chalcid wasps also utilize figs for larval development, including sycophagines, the putative sister group to pollinating fig wasps. Whereas stone and amber fossil pollinators are known, no fossils representing non-pollinating fig wasp groups have been confirmed previously. Here, we describe the first Sycophaginae from the c.15–20 Ma Dominican amber, Idarnes thanatos sp. nov. Farache, Rasplus, Pereira and Compton, and discuss its relationships within the Idarnes carme species group. Additionally, we use linear regression to compare body size, ovipositor sheaths length, and host fig size data from extant Idarnes species to estimate the size of its host figs. Idarnes thanatos was most likely associated with small to medium sized figs (diameter ≤1.0 cm), that were likely to have been dispersed by birds and primates. The discovery of this close relative of extant non-pollinating fig wasps suggests that early Miocene and modern fig wasp communities may share similar ecological and functional features.