粤北丹霞盆地白垩系长坝组的介形类动物群

粤北丹霞盆地白垩系长坝组产介形类化石 15 属 50 种,笔者描述其中 15 属 47 种(包括 3 个新种)。长坝组介形类动物群可以划分两个化石组合:( 1 ) Mongolocypris-Cypridea-Darwinula 组合,分布长坝组二段,属种繁多, 组合特征明显,与松辽平原泉头组 - 姚家组、湖北贾店组、浙江兰溪组等的介形类面貌相似,可以大致对比,由于出现少量晚白垩世标志化石 Talicypridea 属和大个体的 Mongolocypris 属,反映它与晚白垩世介形类的关系更为密切,但又不同于晚白垩世中晚期的南雄群 Talicypridea 动物群,层位偏低,时代较早,属晚白垩世早期为宜,大致相当于赛诺曼期( Cenomanian );( 2 ) Cypridea-Altanicypris-Candona 组合,分布长坝组四段,其层位在长坝组二段之上,晚白垩世丹霞组之下,组合中富含类女星介科的 Altanicypris 属,许多属种出现在晚白垩世地层中,其时代属晚白垩世无疑,与土仑期( Turonian )大致相当。     

宁夏六盘山盆地海参1井上侏罗统—上白垩统微体化石组合

六盘山盆地海原凹陷肖家湾构造的海参1井钻遇中生代地层。其中安定组见孢粉化石Pinuspollenites-Ali-sporites-Araucariacites组合,时代定为晚侏罗世。和尚铺组含介形类和孢粉化石Cypridea(Cypridea)unicosta-ta-Cypridea(Ulwellia)koskulensis组合、Pinuspollenites-Classopollis-Schizaeoisporites组合和大量Peckisphaera paragranulifera,李洼峡组含轮藻和孢粉化石Aclistochara huihuibaoensis-Mesochara cf. voluta-Sphaerochara组合、Classopollis-Cicatricosisporites-Granudiscus组合和介形类Damonella cf. mediocris,Cypridea(Yumenia) sp.等,和尚铺组和李洼峡组的时代可归于早白垩世早中期(Hauterivian—Barremian)。乃家河组产轮藻化石Raskyae-chara sp.,Obtusochara cf. subcylindrica等,时代可能是晚白垩世。     

内蒙古海拉尔盆地南部地区晚白垩世青元岗组介形类

内蒙古海拉尔盆地南部探井青元岗组红色碎屑岩中发现较丰富的介形类化石,即下段的Ahanicypris obesa-Talicypridea triangulata组合和上段的Chinocypridea augusta-Talicypridea qingyuangangensis组合,这些介形类化石地方性色彩强烈,表现为以具冠状壳喙类型的Ahanicypris,Talicypridea,Chinocypridea和网纹发育的Harbinia等属繁盛为特征,反映了中国东北地区晚白垩世晚期介形类动物群面貌。根据介形类化石组合特征及其分布规律,可以与松辽盆地晚白垩世四方台组的介形类动物群对比,时代为晚白垩世Maastrichtian期。     

福建东部白垩系石帽山群及福鼎组介形类

本文记述的介形类化石采自福建东部石帽山群及福鼎组,共有11属47种和1亚种(其中包括9新种、7未定种)。分为Cypridea(Cypridea)-Cypridea(Morinia)组合和Mogolocypris-Candona组合。福鼎组和石帽山群的时代应分别为早白垩世中、晚期和晚白垩世早期。     

新疆准噶尔盆地芳3井晚白垩世孢粉组合的发现及其地质意义

准噶尔盆地腹部芳3井紫泥泉子组所夹灰色泥岩中产丰富的盘星藻、葡萄藻等藻类、疑源类化石及一定数量的孢粉化石。孢粉化石计75属160种,并首次在新疆地区发现了可靠的鹰粉型化石Aquilapollenites以及在我国主要产于松辽盆地和广东三水盆地上白垩统的“大孢子”化石Balmeisporites,建立Schizaeoisporites grandus-Parcisporites parvisaccus-Liliacidites creticus(GPC)组合。通过对部分孢粉属种已知地质分布的分析以及与国内外部分地区晚白垩世孢粉组合的对比,将GPC组合的时代确定为晚白垩世坎潘期至马斯特里赫特期。根据紫泥泉子组的沉积特点及孢粉组合特征,认为晚白垩世准噶尔盆地应归属西北-东南孢粉植物区,局部层段沉积时期气候比较湿润,孢粉组合具有我国东北孢粉植物区与西北-东南孢粉植物区的过渡特点。     

河南西峡上白垩统恐龙蛋化石微量元素组成及古气候探讨

对河南西峡晚白垩世地层中恐龙蛋、围岩分别采样进行中子活化分析 (NAA) ,发现恐龙蛋化石的元素组合特征表现出铱 (Ir)和锶 (Sr)的明显含量异常 ,推理分析得出高异常铱、锶元素共同作用导致晚白垩世恐龙蛋的结构出现异常和病变 ,从而未能孵化出壳 ,这也可能是河南西峡恐龙蛋化石大量“富集”的原因。此外 ,元素的组合规律初步表明河南西峡晚白垩世时的气候应具有干旱、半干旱的特征。     

哈萨克斯坦斋桑盆地新生代轮藻植物组合

斋桑盆地自晚白垩世以来即为淡水湖泊环境,其始新世至中新世湖相及湖边缘相沉积物产有丰富的轮藻化石。文中建立三个轮藻化石组合：(1)Harrisichara mitella—Peckisphaera zajsanica组合(中始新世早期);(2)Lychnothamnus formosus—Peckichara组合(中始新世晚期--渐新世早期);(3)Gyrogona aralica—sphaerochara clearus组合(中--晚渐新世)。斋桑盆地轮藻化石出现的最高层位为下中新统且化石稀少,推测系盆地环境日益干旱所致。     

粤西怀集盆地白垩系马屋组的介形类化石

依据闸岗剖面地表及钻井样品的分析鉴定,粤西怀集盆地白垩纪闸岗群马屋组产介形类化石10属17种,本文描述其中9属14种,包括1新种。介形类组合以Eucypris最繁盛,次为Ziziphocypris和Darwinula,称Eucypris hubeiensis-Ziziphocypris simakovi-Darwinula leguminella组合。马屋组与湖北贾店组的介形类组合面貌非常相似,可以进行对比,层位大体相当,其时代应属早白垩世最晚期(Albian)-晚白垩世早期(Cenomanian)。     

澳大利亚Otway盆地白垩纪介形类化石的发现及其意义

一个白晚垩世的介形类化石组合首次被发现在Otway盆地的钻孔中。化石产于Eumeralla组的灰色砂泥岩中。Eumeralla组是依据孢粉材料而确定其时代为早白垩世,即相当于Barremain-Albian阶。介形类化石包括10属：Cytherelloidea sp.1,Bairdia cf.austracretacea bate,B?sp.juv.?,Eucythere?sp.,Cydocypris sp.,Darwinula cf．contracta Mandelstam,D.? sp.1,Cyprois sp.,Talicypridea sp.,Zigiphocypris sp.,Eacypris sp.及Candona sp.。它们代表一中、新生代混生的面貌;其时代应为晚白垩世。依据生态的差异,介形类化石又可分为两个不同的组合：海陆混合相和淡水－半咸水相。前者包括Cytherelloidea和Bairdia见于Crayfish 1A钻孔中,而后者Darwinula,Ziziphocypris和Cyclocypris产于Penola 1和Kkatnook 2钻孔中。海相属Cytherelloidea和Bairdia发现在540.4-543.1m(E umeralla组井深1957－477m在Crayfish 1A钻孔中）,代表着Eumeralla组上部发生的一个晚白垩世海侵。     

浙江江山白垩系一新的蜥脚类恐龙

记述的巨龙科Titanosauridae一新属种———礼贤江山龙 (Jiangshanosauruslixianensisgen .etsp .nov .)产自浙江江山的金华组下部 ,地质时代为早白垩世晚期的Albian期。化石保存了部分头后骨骼 ,经过与晚侏罗世至晚白垩世蜥脚类化石的对比表明 ,新属的尾椎特征与巨龙科较为相似 ,肩胛骨、乌喙骨与巨龙科中的阿拉蒙龙属 (Alamosaurus)最为接近 ,但新属的前部尾椎较大 ,前凹后突的程度较不明显。新属种保存的背椎和中部尾椎的部分特征与我国晚侏罗世马门溪龙科也很相近。新属种是在我国首次记述的巨龙科化石 ,为研究白垩纪蜥脚类恐龙在我国的演化分布提供了新的材料。     

山东平邑盆地晚白垩世介形类

山东平邑盆地固城组、卞桥组共发现介形类化石21属21种4比较种13未定种,本文记述了其中的17属16种4比较种9未定种。卞桥组一段下部的介形类可称为Talicypridea reticulata-Mongolocypris longa-Frambocythere fangjiaheensis介形类动物群,含化石地层的时代被确认为晚白垩世最晚期,即马斯特里赫特期的晚期。该动物群的发现,为平邑盆地白垩系/古近系界线的确定提供了十分重要的依据。     

The palaeoecology of the dinosaurs of the Wessex Formation (Wealden Group, Early Cretaceous), Isle of Wight, Southern England

The Wessex Formation on the Isle of Wight yields an Early Cretaceous dinosaur fauna. Sedimentological evidence shows that this represents a mosaic of fluvial, floodplain and lacustrine environments within a relatively narrow east-west oriented valley. The vegetational cover on the alluvial plain had a savannah-or chaparral-like aspect, probably of low productivity. The relative scarcity of small aquatic vertebrates, absence of coals, abundance of oxidixed sediments and the presence of immature calcretes indicate seasonal water supply. The dinosaur taxa compising the Wessex Formation faunal assemblage represent a single palaeocommunity which inhabited the local alluvial plain, although some species may have been transient. The fauna had a relatively low diversity and this is attributed to the low productivity of the local vegetation. Iguanodontids and Hypsilophodon were the dominant elements in the fauna. In contrast to Late Jurassic dinosaur faunas, sauropods are less abundant in the Wessex Formation, although they remain taxonomically diverse. It is concluded that climatic changes which took place in the Late Jurassic or Early Cretaceous resulted in the appearance of low productivity vegetation and that this was incapable of supporting large sauropod populations.     

新疆准噶尔盆地南缘覆盖区晚白垩世紫泥泉子组介形类动物群

在准噶尔盆地南缘覆盖区的紫泥泉子组普遍见到丰富的晚白垩世介形类化石,自西向东面貌一致,分布稳定,计有10属(包括1亚属)17种4比较种2未定种,可归为一个Talicypridea组合,是覆盖区划分和对比紫泥泉子组的重要标志。     

Late Triassic (Late Norian) gastropods from the Wallowa Terrane (Idaho,USA)

A diverse Late Triassic (Late Norian) gastropod fauna is described from the Mission Creek Limestone of the Wallowa terrane (Idaho, USA). Sample standardization by rarefaction analysis indicates that the fauna is even more diverse than the Late Triassic gastropod fauna from the Pucara Formation (Peru) which represents the most diverse gastropod fauna from South America. The gastropod fauna consists of 66 species; several genera are reported for the first time from North America. A high percentage of the species are highly ornamented and several have distinct siphonal canals. This suggests that the appearance of truly Mesozoic elements among the gastropods began before the Mesozoic Marine Revolution in other clades. The fauna is dominated by high-spired strongly ornamented procerithiids, a group more characteristic for the Jurassic. Comparison of the present fauna and the Iranian Nayband Formation gastropod fauna show that the procerithiids underwent a first global radiation in the Late Triassic. The high number of new species in this fauna suggests that sampling of Late Triassic gastropod faunas is still incomplete and hinders palaeobiogeographic considerations. Previous suggesions that gastropod faunas from the Wallowa and Wrangellia terranes resemble each other and are distinct from those of Alexander, Chulitna, and Farewell terranes are basically corroborated. The gastropod fauna of the Mission Creek Limestone differs considerably from that of the western and central Tethys but shares several taxa with the Late Triassic gastropod fauna of the Pucara Formation in Peru. Thus, the Hispanic corridor was probably not present in the Norian but opened only in the Early Jurassic. The subfamily Andangulariinae is introduced and placed in the Zygopleuridae. The generaSpiniomphalus, Nodoconus, Gudrunella, Blodgettella, Idahospira, andSiphonilda and the subgenusCryptaulax (Wallowax) are introduced. 27 species are erected. A lectotype is designated forCryptaulax rhabdocolpoides Haas, 1953.      

Late Late Cambrian Trilobites From Near Birch Inlet, South-Western Tasmania

The first late Late Cambrian basinal-facies trilobites to be described from Tasmania are from a succession exposed 8.5 km west of Birch Inlet, south-western Tasmania. Twenty-one taxa are described; the six agnostoid species include a new species of Leiagnostus, L inletensis. The polymeroids include five new species: Hedinaspis uniformis, Proceratopyge longa, Niobella birchensisSkljarella expansa and Ivshinaspis reticulata.SkljarellaIvshinaspis are described for the first time from Australia. The specimens are preserved in siltstone belonging to a basinal facies; the fauna has more in common with those of the South-East China Faunal Province than with the shallow-water carbonate-facies faunas from northern Australia. The fauna is of late Late Cambrian age (Payntonian–earliest Datsonian) on the north Australian biostratigraphic scale. The Birch Inlet fauna is correlated with those of the Siyangshan Formation of Zhejiang, the Guoziguonen Formation of Xinjiang and the Shengjiawan Formation of Hunan. There are similarities with late Late Cambrian faunas from Nevada, Kazakhstan and New Zealand. K ey words : Trilobita, Late Cambrian, Tasmania, basinal facies, biostratigraphy, palaeobiogeography.     

Turonian–Santonian radiolarians and planktonic foraminifers of the Upper Cretaceous sequences between Trabzon and Giresun areas in the Eastern Pontides,NE Turkey

In the “Eastern Pontides” (NE Turkey), the intense volcanic activity accompanying carbonate-siliceous sedimentation during the Late Cretaceous period ensured the occurrence of thick volcano-sedimentary sequences. Seventy-one radiolarian species belonging to 26 genera were identified from five stratigraphic sections of the Upper Cretaceous sequences between Trabzon and Giresun areas in NE Turkey. These species were obtained from the lower Turonian–lower Coniacian strata of the Çe?meler Formation, the Coniacian–lower Santonian strata of the Elmal? Dere Formation and the upper Santonian strata of the Ça?layan Formation. Coniacian–Campanian fauna, consisting of planktonic foraminifera Hedbergella, Marginotruncana, Globotruncana, Whiteinella and biserial heterohelicids as well as radiolarians, was recovered from the red pelagic limestones of the Elmal? Dere Formation known as marker horizon.     

内蒙古海拉尔盆地白垩纪生物地层研究进展

兴安岭群龙江组产Ephemeropsistrisetalis等热河生物群分子,九峰山组产富含Cicatricosisporites,Pilosisporites,Concavissimisporites的孢粉组合,兴安岭群龙江组、甘河组火山岩同位素年龄为105-141Ma,证实兴安岭群的时代为早白垩世早期;扎赉诺尔群中以Cypridea,Limnocypridea,Ilyocyprimorpha和Hailaeria等属为代表的介形类动物群,以Nyktericysta,Vesperopsis等属为代表的NV浮游植物群,以富含Lygopodiaceae科各属孢子,尤其是Cicatricosisporites高含量的孢粉组合,代表了中国北方早白垩世特有的动、植物群面貌,而其中Asteropollis,Tricolpites和Polyporites等被子植物花粉化石的发现,这一事实似乎暗示了扎赉诺尔群的时代为早白垩世中、晚期;青元岗组产以Talicypridea,Altanicypris,Chinocypridea和Harbinia为代表的介形类动物群,具有显著的地域性特点,可与松辽盆地四方台组对比,其时代为晚白垩世Maastrichtian期。     

New mammal remains from the Late Cretaceous Bostobe Formation (Northeast Aral Sea Region,Kazakhstan)

Four recently collected mammal specimens from the Upper Cretaceous (Santonian–?Campanian) Bostobe Formation in the northeastern Aral Sea Region, Kazakhstan are attributed to Asioryctitheria indet. (an edentulous dentary fragment) and the zhelestid Parazhelestes sp. cf. P. mynbulakensis (a maxillary fragment with a double-rooted canine, an M1, and a dentary fragment including m3). These new records double the known mammal fauna from this formation, which previously included the zhelestid Zhalmouzia bazhanovi and Zhelestidae indet. The taxonomic and ecological structure of the mammal assemblage from the Bostobe Formation can, on present evidence, be considered close to the other eutherian dominated Late Cretaceous mammal assemblages of Central Asia. This region is important in particular in the search for Late Cretaceous ancestors of crown-group eutherian mammal clades (Placentalia).