Lithostratigraphic context of Oligocene mammalian faunas from Ulantatal,Nei Mongol,China

The Ulantatal area is well-known for its extraordinarily rich Oligocene mammalian fossils. The Ulantatal fauna was originally considered to be the representative fauna for the Chinese Land mammalian Age, Ulantatalian. However, the abundant fossils collected in the 1980s lack coordinates and/or detailed stratigraphic levels, and have been lumped together as either single, coeval fauna or grouped into three units. This lack of stratigraphic information hampers more precise biostratigraphic division and correlation of the faunas. Here we present a complete lithostratigraphic profile of the Ulantatal Formation with new fossil localities calibrated into the profile. Lithologically, the sequence shows a rather uniform pattern characterized by interbedded reddish to yellowish brown claystones and siltstones, with minor fine-grained sandstones. Preliminary biostratigraphic analysis shows that the Ulantatal Formation covers most of the Oligocene, and offers a long sequence and successive fossil records for understanding the evolution of mammal faunas after the critical Eocene/Oligocene transition.     

我国东北地区第一个老第三纪哺乳动物群的研究

本文记述了在我国东北地区首次发现的老第三纪哺乳动物群——吉林桦甸哺乳动物群。计有食虫目盔猬亚科的中华晓猬(新属、新种)Eochenus sinensis gen. et sp. nov.,桦甸齿鼩猬(新种)Tupaiodon huadianensis sp. nov.,鼩鼱科的吉林蕾鼩(新属、新种)Ernosorex jilinensis gen. et sp. nov.,灵长目始镜亚科的长白亚洲镜猴(新属、新种)Asiomomys changbaicus gen. et sp. nov.和啮齿目先松鼠科的东方争胜鼠(新属、新种)Zelomys orientalis gen. et sp. nov.和纤细争胜鼠(新种)Z. gracilis. sp, nov.等。其中Eochenus可能代表目前已知最原始的盔猬类。Ernosorex可能是鼩鼱类具有原始特征的旁枝。桦甸哺乳动物群与北美尤因他动物群的关系较近,而与欧洲同期不同。表明当时亚洲与北美之间有直接的动物群交流。其中争胜鼠可能由北美迁来,而鼩鼱类可能从亚洲起源,然后迁往北美。桦甸动物群的时代为晚中始新世或晚始新世。当时桦甸盆地为森林沼泽湖泊景观,气候较温暖潮湿。     

实验室大纪事

本实验室学术委员会第一次会议于一九八五年十一月二十七一二十九日在北京举行.除了艾棣教授(赫尔辛基大学)、柯夫教授(康乃尔大学)及朱澄教授(北京大学)因故缺席以外,其余委员都出席了会议.中国科学院微生物研究所所长宋大康教授致辞并代表研究所向各委员颁发了聘书.研究所业务处处长杨菊菊同志出席了会议.学术委员会主任魏江春同志向委员们传达了中国科学院院长卢嘉锡及副院长周光召关于开放实验室的讲话内容;介绍了该实验室的筹建过程;提出了本实验室的研究方向及课题申请指南草案交会议审议.经会议讨论修改后一致通过了本实验室的研究方向及课题申请指南.会议还审议了十二件课题申请书;通过了其中九项.此外,经会议讨论决定,本实验室将编辑出版年报,以发表本实验室的研究成果.年报将以英文版公开发行.本实验室学术委员会同时也是年报编辑委员会.     

前言:纪念杨钟健院士诞辰120周年（英文）

<正>120 years ago,1897,Prof.Dr.Yang Zhongjian(C.C.Young)was born in Huaxian,Shaanxi Province:the birth of a great scientist.90 years ago,in 1927,Prof.Yang’s doctoral dissertation"Fossile Nagetiere aus Nord-China",was published in Palaeontologia Sinica C,V(3);this marked the beginning of study of vertebrate paleontology(VP)by the Chinese people.     

真菌地衣系统学开放研究实验室可行性论证会 简讯

中国科学院关于建立对国内外实行开放的《真菌地衣系统学开放研究实验室》可行性论证会于1985年4月21日至22日在北京召开.     

内蒙古中部通古尔台地及周边地区古地磁及磁性地层的最新研究

通古尔(Tunggur)台地作为20世纪20—30年代美国自然历史博物馆第三中亚考察团研究过的一个经典的脊椎动物化石地点,在亚洲晚新生代陆相哺乳动物学和生物年代学研究中扮演着重要的角色。20世纪90年代中期以来,在通古尔地区开展了大量的野外工作,发现了数个以小型哺乳动物为主的动物群,建立了从早中新世至上新世哺乳动物演化序列的框架。这一框架有可能成为东亚新近纪陆相哺乳动物群对比的标尺。通古尔地区动物群的演替,对于深入认识这一地区古环境和动物地理的分化也十分重要。2005年8月的野外工作,主要在通古尔台地的两个地点——奥尔班和阿勒特希热进行,目的是寻找新生代中晚期的脊椎动物化石和根据古地磁极性年代标尺确定化石的时代。最厚的古地磁采样剖面在奥尔班(Aoerban,43°20′21．6″N,113°54′48．6″E)。取样点起自43°20′36．4″N,113°54′48．6″E,终于43°20′52．7″N,113°54′23．1″E。测试结果显示,剖面上50 m的粘土岩、粉砂岩和细砂岩的互层,除近底部5 m厚的褐棕色粘土岩外均为负极性时。负极性段大致可与国际标准古地磁柱的5Dr或6r对比,相当于18—20 Ma。该剖面上同时进行了小哺乳动物化石的采集;据初步鉴定,化石组合包括了晚渐新世和大量早中新世的成员。因此,奥尔班动物群极有可能代表内蒙古中部地区新近纪哺乳动物群序列中时代最早的一个新成员。阿勒特希热(Aletexire,43°47′21．6″N,113°05′25．0″E)采样剖面始于43°47′53．6″N, 113°04′51．1″E,终于43°47′52．9″N,113°04′42．2″E。剖面厚约13 m,以粉砂岩和细砂岩为主,含有与推饶木动物群相同的成员。测试结果显示,整个剖面记录为正极性时。这便与王晓鸣等于2003年把阿勒特希热剖面古地磁测试的结果与默尔根剖面的对比产生了一些矛盾。原因可能是阿勒特希热的采样间隔过大,或两剖面根本就不是同一时代的产物。同样的问题似乎也出现在与推饶木剖面的对比上。看来有必要对这一地区的古地磁测试作更深入的工作。     

内蒙古阿左旗乌兰塔塔尔地区渐新世地层剖面及动物群初步观察

内蒙古阿左旗乌兰塔塔尔地区的渐新世地层中,哺乳动物化石丰富,种类繁多。本文是这个动物群研究的初步报道,除对动物群中各成员和地层概况做了简单介绍外,还对化石层的时代作了初步探讨。     

A NEW LOCALITY YIELDING MID-TERTIARY MAMMALS NEAR LANZHOU, GANSU

<正> A locality yielding middle Tertiary mammalian fossils was discovered by a group of students in 1986. The locality is situated 1 km south of the railway station of Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu Province. It is on the northern slope of the Gaolan mountain, which is constituted basically by continental red beds capped by thick layer of loess. The red beds consists mainly of dark red gypsiferous claystone and siltstone, intercalated with comparatively thin layers of pale-yellow sandstones. The fossils were found in the upper part of the section which is almost 400m thick (fig. 1).From points of view of both vertebrate paleontology and biostratigraphy, the discovery is of great importance, and worthy of describing as early as possible.     

青海省棘蝇属二新种（双翅目：蝇科）

本文记述青海省门源地区产蝇科二新种,褐翅棘蝇Ｐｈａｏｎｉａｐｅｎｎｉｆｕｓｃａｔａｓｐ．ｎｏｖ．及半脊棘蝇Ｐｈａｏｎｉａｓｅｍｉｃａｒｉｎａｓｐ．ｎｏｖ,它们分别隶属于栉胫棘蝇群（ｓｉｅｂｅｃｋｉ－ｇｒｏｕｐ）和蒙古棘蝇群（ｃｈａｌｃｈｉｃａ－ｇｒｏｕｐ）。     

内蒙古阿拉善左旗克克阿木中渐新世早期哺乳动物化石的发现

本文简要报道了在内蒙古阿左旗克克阿木地点发现的哺乳动物化石,计4目10科11属12种.动物群的时代可能为中渐新世早期.     

稻田甲螨的分类学研究（蜱螨亚纲：真螨目：甲螨亚目）

报道稻田甲螨种类共计30科36属42种,其中包括枝姣奥甲螨Pulchroppia(Pulchroppia)ramifera Wang et Li,sp.nov.。地枝奥甲螨Ramusella(Insculptoppia)humico-la Wang et Li,sp.nov.和长纹合若甲螨Zygoribatula longilinea Wang et Li,sp.nov.3新种,丝管囊甲螨Sacculozetes filosus Behan-Pelletier,1991,和尖足肋甲螨Podoribates cuspidatusSakakibara et Aoki,1966,2新纪录,此外,还提出一项新名Pulchroppia(Pulchroppia)mahunkai Wang et Li.本文除对新种和新纪录详细描述,对重要的优势种进行重描述外,还对稻田甲螨种群结构特点和存在争议的种类进行了讨论。     

青海西宁盆地中新世地层及哺乳动物群性质

继对1978年采自青海西宁盆地中新世哺乳动物的记述后,本文简介盆地中新统地层,并讨论了各化石层的哺乳动物群的性质。从化石的初步分析表明,西宁盆地在中新世时,有比较连续的沉积,这使它在我国晚第三纪地层的划分和对比中占有重要的位置,并可能为与欧洲有关层位进行比较,进而为中新世欧亚动物地理的研究提供线索。     

内蒙阿左旗乌兰塔塔尔中渐新世的梳趾鼠类

本文描述和比较了发现在我国内蒙古阿左旗乌兰塔塔尔地区中渐新统的三属七种啮齿类梳趾鼠科化石,其中包括三个新种.并对某些种类的归属和性质做了初步的讨论.     

ON ALLOPTOX (LAGOMORPHA, OCHOTONIDAE)FROM THE MIDDLE MIOCENE OF TONGXIN, NINGXIA HUI AUTONOMOUS REGION, CHINA

<正> Rather abundant sample of Alloptox, including skulls, maxillae, mandibles and isolated teeth, was collected from the middle Miocene of Tongxin County, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region during the two field seasons in 1985 and 1986, when reconnaissance and geological mapping of the middle Miocene in this region were conducted by a joint party of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Academia Sinica (IVPP) and the Bureau of Geology, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. The specimens came from 18 localities pertaining to 9 levels in a sequence of middle Miocene fluviatile sediments with a thickness of ca. 200m. Except for the specimens assigned to Alloptox sp. from locality Taoziliang, all are recognized as Alloptox gobiensis. The present paper deals with only their dental morphology which is probably phylogenetically significant. Altogether 327 specimens of Alloptox gobiensis and 27 specimens of Alloptox sp. have been described. The text figures are drawn by the authors and Mrs. Yang Mingwan. All teeth are presented as left ones, the abbreviatd word "inv" is used under the figures of right teeth. All specimens are stored in IVPP under the inventory number V8822-V8839. The authors are much obliged to Prof. Qiu Zhanxiang for reading and correcting the English version of this paper.     

霜霉属菌一新种——微孔草霜霉

本文报道寄生于甘青微孔草(Microula pseudotrichocarpa W.T.Wang)和疏花微孔草[M.diffusa(Maxim.)Johnst.]上的霜霉属一新种——微孔草霜霉(Peronospora microulaeMeng et G.Y.Yin)。以汉文和拉丁文描述此新种的形态性状,并。附图     

Tying SUMO modifications to dynamic behaviors of chromosomes during meiotic prophase of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Saccharomyces cerevisiae</Emphasis>

Summary In budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, centromeres and telomeres are tethered to the nuclear envelope during premeiotic interphase. Immediately after cells enter meiotic prophase, chromosomes undergo global reorganization, including bouquet formation (telomere clustering), non-homologous centromere coupling, homologous pairing, and assembly/disassembly of synaptonemal complexes. These chromosome dynamics have been implicated in promoting pairing, synapsis, crossover DNA recombination and segregation between homologous chromosomes. This review discusses recent studies related to the role of small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) modification in controlling the overall budding yeast chromosome dynamics during meiotic prophase. This article is dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica. TFW is grateful to all teachers at IMB, including James C. Wang, Ru-Chih Huang, Ping-Chien Huang, Chung Wang, Henry Y. Sun, Jychian Chen, Ming-Zong Lai, Bon-Chu Chung, and Soo-Chen Cheng. We apologize to those whose work could not be cited due to the brevity of this contribution. TFW was supported by the Investigator Award from Academia Sinica and by the Ta-You Wu Award from the National Science Council, Taiwan.     

中国科学院微生物研究所 真菌地衣系统学开放研究实验室简介

中国科学院微生物研究所真菌地衣系统学开放研究实验室创建于1985年8月12日,为中国科学院第一批对外开放的19个实验室(所)之一.该实验室是以中国科学院微生物研究所真菌研究室为基础建立的.     

北京密云县溪翁庄更新世哺乳动物化石

从密云县溪翁庄化石地点先后获得11种哺乳动物化石,其地质时代属中更新世或晚更新世早期。动物化石的性质和化石地点地形表明,这一带自然环境对人类活动是适宜的,为探索北京猿人的生活范围扩大了地域。     

IN MEMORY OF THE FAMOUS AND EMINENTLY CHINESE BOTANIST PR0FESS0R TSAI HSI-TA0

The Yunnan Tropical Botanical Institute and Kunming Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica, on March 9, 1981, lost their honourable botanist through 50 years, the senior Professor of Botany Vice-President of Kunming Branch of Academia Sinica, Emeritus President of the Botanical Society of China, Director of Yunnan Tropical Botanical Institute, Academia Sinica,Vice-Director of Kunming Instiute of Botany, Academia Sinica and Vice chief editor of Acta Botanica Yunnanica etc.