山东济阳坳陷古近系沙河街组深水湖沉积中的遗迹化石

山东济阳坳陷古近系沙河街组深水湖沉积地层主要由深灰色、褐灰色泥岩、油泥岩、泥灰岩和石灰岩以及岩盐组成,浊流沉积发育。已发现深水型遗迹化石有12个遗迹属14个遗迹种,包括3个新遗迹属6个新遗迹种。根据这些遗迹化石的组成与分布特征及其围岩的沉积特征,可以划分出2种不同沉积环境下的遗迹化石群落,即(1)Mermoides-Neonereites遗迹群落,主要由觅食迹(Fodinichnia)和牧食迹(Pascichnia)组成,常见分子有Mermoides chezhenensis,Mermoides latiusculus,Neonereites uniserialis,Hel minthoidichnitescf.tenuis,Hel-minthopsis abeli,Pilichnus lacustris,Multilagueichnus lingpanensis,Cochlichnus anguineus,Gordiaichnosp.,Palaeophycus tubularis和Planolites beverleyensis等,它们被解释形成于半深水湖或较深水湖沉积环境;(2)Semi-rotundichnus遗迹群落,以半圆形、小碟形牧食迹为其特征,典型组成分子有Semirotundichnus dongyingensis,Pa-tellarisichnus boxingensis和Neonereites uniserialis等,它们均产生于深水湖沉积环境。     

山东省东北部车镇凹陷古近系沙河街组滨浅湖沉积中的遗迹群落

济阳坳陷车镇凹陷古近系沙河街组滨浅湖沉积中产有十分丰富的动物遗迹化石,共鉴定出遗迹属 10个,未定属 1个,其中遗迹种 7个,未定种 4个。遗迹化石包括Beaconitesantarcticus, Beaconitescapronus, Planolitesmontanus, Macaronichnussegregatis, Taenidiumbarretti, Cochlichnusanguineus, Gordiasp., Skolithossp., Ophiomorphanodosa, Sagittichnussp.和Favreinasp.。这一遗迹化石群落主要是无脊椎动物的进食迹、觅食迹、居住迹和停息迹,其中大部分呈全浮痕保存,少数呈上浮痕保存,并形成于经常干旱和周期性泛滥的滨浅湖沉积环境中。该群落可识别出两个遗迹化石组合,即 1)Beaconites Taenidium组合,它主要产自干旱气候条件下的滨浅湖沉积环境;2)Sko lithos Ophiomorpha组合,它代表了丰水期水体能量相对较高的滨湖沉积环境。     

四川龙门山地区下泥盆统平驿铺组的遗迹化石

四川龙门山甘溪剖面下泥盆统平驿铺组的滨浅海相地层中赋存无脊椎动物遗迹化石,可识别出居住迹、停息迹、觅食迹3大类,鉴定为11属,包括Arenicolites,Chondrites,Cylindrichnus,Diplocraterion,Palaeophycus,Planolites,Phycodes,Rhizocorallium,Rusophycus,Skolithos和Thalassinoides。根据遗迹化石特征及其沉积环境,可识别出5个遗迹组合:1)Planolites-Palaeophycus遗迹组合,主要由觅食迹组成,指示低能的砂质近滨环境;2)Rusophycus-Phycodes遗迹组合,主要是觅食迹和停息迹,形成于低能的近滨环境;3)Chondrites-Palaeophycus遗迹组合,主要是居住迹和觅食迹,反映了贫氧低能的近滨下部环境;4)Skolithos-Cylindrichnus遗迹组合,主要由居住迹组成,形成于高能的前滨环境;5)Skolithos-Diplocraterion遗迹组合,主要为居住迹和觅食迹组合,反映了低能、食物丰富的近滨上部环境。     

河南泌阳凹陷古近纪核桃园组遗迹化石组合及其环境意义——兼论深水湖泊遗迹相特征

南襄盆地泌阳凹陷古近纪核桃园组湖泊沉积中发育大量遗迹化石,含5个遗迹组合,形成于从滨湖到深湖的不同沉积环境中。Taenidiumserpentinum遗迹组合反映稍有覆水并周期性暴露的低能滨湖环境;Skolithos linearis遗迹组合代表湖泊中上临滨环境;Planolites montanus遗迹组合与低能浅湖环境有关;Skolithos verticalis遗迹组合形成于浅湖的远源风暴沉积中;Semirotundichnus dongyingensis遗迹组合发育在贫氧的半深湖-深湖沉积环境中。     

川中-川南地区上三叠统滨浅湖沉积中的遗迹化石

川中-川南地区上三叠统滨浅湖沉积中产有丰富的动物遗迹化石,识别为3大类6属8种,包括Sko-lithos linearis,S.verticalis,Ophiomorpha nodosa,Planolites beverleyensis,P.montanus,Palaeophycus tubularis,Taenidiumsatanassi和Cochlichnus anguineus,另外,逃逸构造也很发育。这些遗迹化石主要是无脊椎动物的居住迹、进食迹和觅食迹,大多为全浮痕和上浮痕保存。根据遗迹化石的组合特征及其沉积环境,可识别出3个遗迹组合:1)Skolithos linearis遗迹组合,主要由长的垂直或高角度倾斜的悬食居住潜穴构成,反映高能的砂质滨湖环境;2)Cochlichnus-Planolites遗迹组合,主要由进食迹和牧食迹组成,形成于低能的滨湖沼泽环境;3)Skolithos-Planol-ites遗迹组合,以居住潜穴和进食潜穴为主,遗迹化石的丰度较高,代表潮湿气候条件下的浅湖环境。根据生物扰动的分布及扰动强度,浅湖中可识别出两类扰动类型,即1)砂泥边界扰动,扰动主要发育于砂泥交界处,代表了浅湖下部环境;2)薄砂层扰动,扰动主要发育于薄砂层中,主要出现于浅湖中下部沉积中。     

山西兴县中奥陶统马家沟组五5亚段遗迹化石组合及其古环境意义

鄂尔多斯盆地东缘关家崖剖面奥陶系马家沟组五5亚段地层中保存大量无脊椎动物遗迹化石,可识别出居住迹、牧食迹、觅食迹三大类,共7个遗迹属、14个遗迹种,分别是Arenicolites isp.,Cylindricumisp.,Helminthopsis abeli,Helminthopsis isp.1,Helminthopsis isp.2,Lorenziniaisp.,Planolites isp.,Planolites beverleyensis,Planolites montanus,Teichichnus rectus,Thalassinoides isp.1,Thalassinoides isp.2,Thalassinoides isp.3,Thalassinoides isp.4。根据遗迹化石特征及其沉积环境,可划分3个遗迹组合:1、Helminthopsis-Planolites组合,该组合以觅食迹为主,部分为居住迹,出现在潮间带和潮下带;2、Thalassinoides-Teichichnus组合,该组合遗迹化石种类较单一,主要为觅食迹,分布于潮间带和潮上带;3、Thalassinoides-Helminthopsis组合,该组合出现在潮间带。基于遗迹化石组合的分布特点,提出山西兴县奥陶系马家沟组五5亚段的沉积环境模式。     

长江三峡志留系遗迹化石及其沉积环境意义

一、遗迹化石群落及其沉积环境研究的遗迹化石,产自湖北长江三峡宜昌分乡罗惹坪至王家湾志留系剖面和秭归新滩镇志留系剖面,502所曾庆銮、冯少南、雷以振等同志协同作者一起采集化石,在此表示谢意。并感谢杨遵仪老师的热心指导。文内共描述19遗迹种,属于17遗迹属,其中包括6新遗迹属,15新遗迹种。发现的遗迹化石都是海生底栖无脊椎动物的各种生活遗迹(潜穴、觅食构造、停息迹、爬迹和移迹),它们形成于当时海底附近的沉积物中,未经过搬运,代表原地埋藏的遗迹群落。不同地点和层位产出的遗迹化石,均具有各自的     

河南西峡盆地上白垩统寺沟组遗迹化石及其沉积环境

西峡盆地上白垩统寺沟组岩性以紫红色薄层粉砂质泥岩、灰黄—灰绿色厚层状粉砂岩、细砂岩为主,夹灰黄、灰白色厚层状含砾砂岩及中粗砂岩。本次工作发现遗迹化石11属19种:包括Archaeonassaisp.,Arenicolites isp.,Cylindricumisp.,Beaconites antarcticus,B.capronus,B.coronus,Gastruichnus xixiaensis,Naktodemasis isp.,Palaeophycus tubularis,P.heberti,P.sulcatus,P.striatus,Planolites beverleyensis,Planolitesisp.,Scoyenia gracilis,Skolithos verticalis,Skolithos isp,Taenidium irregularis,T.serpentinum和似逃逸迹。根据遗迹化石的产状及其围岩的沉积特征,建立了Beaconites-Palaeophycus遗迹组合和Taenidium-Scoyenia遗迹组合,分别代表了曲流河和浅水湖泊(河漫湖泊)沉积环境中遗迹化石的组成特征。基于岩性特征、沉积构造和遗迹化石组成特征的综合分析,划分出五种沉积序列类型,揭示了寺沟组曲流河边滩、泛滥平原、洪流砂体与河漫湖泊在沉积过程中的变化和相应的遗迹群落变化特征。结合寺沟组中遗迹化石分布及组合特征,Beaconites-Palaeophycus遗迹组合和Taenidium-Scoyenia遗迹组合可归属于Scoyenia遗迹相。     

西秦岭甘南地区二叠纪–三叠纪遗迹化石 及其古环境意义

西秦岭甘南地区晚二叠世–中三叠世半深海–深海相地层中赋存丰富的遗迹化石, 出现了居住迹、觅食迹、停歇迹和牧食迹4大类, 14属, 包括: Arenicolites、Chondrites、Dictyodora、Diplichnites、Diplopodichnus、Helminthopsis、Laevicyclus、Lockeia、Nereites、Palaeophycus、?Phycodes、Planolites、Protovirgularia、Scolicia。二叠纪乐平统毛毛隆组主要包括Protovirgularia组合、Dictyodora–Helminthopsis组合和Diplichnites–Palaeophycus组合, 上述3个遗迹化石组合主要由牧食迹和觅食迹组成, 结合沉积相标志, 指示了斜坡相沉积环境。早三叠世山尕岭群识出现了Diplopodichnus–Planolites组合, 结合相应岩性及沉积相标志, 反映了斜坡–盆地的深海沉积环境。中三叠世古浪堤组出现了Laevicyclus组合和丰富多样的沉积构造, 指示了浊积扇的内扇环境。     

塔里木盆地晚泥盆世东河塘组河口湾相遗迹化石

河口湾具有特定的环境条件和沉积组成,其遗迹化石具有半咸水沉积的遗迹群落特征。描述和分析塔里木盆地塔中4井区上泥盆统东河塘组河口湾沉积中的遗迹化石和生物扰动构造后,发现3类遗迹组构,其中Ophiomorpha遗迹组构发育在纯净砂岩中,与河口湾潮汐砂坝有关;Skolithos遗迹组构发育在薄层砂岩中,与河口湾砂坪有关;Palaeophycus遗迹组构发育在泥岩中,与河口湾泥坪、砂泥坪有关。     

Middle Jurassic trace fossils from the Ridang Formation in Sajia County,South Tibet,and their palaeoenvironmental significance

An ichnofauna consisting of 18 ichnospecies (one of them new) in 14 ichnogenera are described for the first time from the Middle Jurassic Ridang Formation in Sajia County, South Tibet. The ichnofauna can be subdivided into two ichnoassemblages in ascending stratigraphic order: the Palaeophycus–Megagrapton ichnoassemblage in the lower and middle parts of the Ridang Formation, followed by the Cosmorhaphe–Nereites–Paleodictyon ichnoassemblage in the upper Ridang Formation. Overall, the trace fossils occur in a middle–distal turbidite fan sequence, as evidenced by both sedimentological analysis and the composition of the trace fossils. Several subenvironments of the middle–distal fan system have been recognized on the basis of the spatial distribution of the trace fossils. Typically, the channel-fill deposits in the middle part of the turbidite fan lack trace fossils, the interchannel and upper channel-fill (levee) subenvironments of the middle turbidite fan contain abundant facies-crossing trace fossils, in contrast to the distal part of the turbidite fan where deep-water trace fossils are dominant. The ichnofauna is similar to typical flysch ichnofaunas from Europe and North America in characteristics, and is interpreted to represent a typical deep-sea Nereites ichnofacies. The presence of these deep-sea trace fossils therefore would suggest that a continental slope environment existed in southern Tibet during the Middle Jurassic and the study area was located in a slope-abyssal plain setting.     

Palaeoenvironmental implications of the ichnology and geochemistry of the Westbury Formation (Rhaetian), Westbury‐on‐Severn,south‐west England

Abstract: The Westbury Formation (Rhaetian) beds of Westbury Garden Cliff, Westbury‐on‐Severn, west of Gloucester, Britain, show an unusual combination of features. Both deep water and emergent characteristics are present within the sediments and the trace fossils. The ichnoassemblage consists of abundant Selenichnites, Planolites beverlyensis and Lockeia with rarer Oniscoidichnus, Chondrites, Rhizocorallium irregulare, Taenidium serpentium, an unusual form of Walcottia and Merostomichnites‐like traces. These trace fossils display an interesting relationship with the sediments: low‐energy Cruziana ichnofacies is found within high‐energy sandstones. The sandstones are interbedded with laminated mudstones, apparently deposited in deep water, but some aspects of the ichnoassemblage, preservation and sedimentation indicate shallower water. One new trace fossil, Radichnus allingtona igen. et isp. nov., closely resembles the traces of modern fiddler crabs and imply emergence, by analogy. This ichnofauna is similar to early stage disaster colonisation in recent experiments in Long Island Sound (south of Connecticut, USA) and with storm‐influenced deposits within the Cardium Formation (Seebe, Alberta, Canada). This indicates a lagoonal environment with influxes of sand and oxygen. Total organic carbon levels were found to fluctuate greatly between stratigraphic layers but remained relatively high. This implies low oxygen conditions. The abundance of sulphur (in pyrite) also supports an interpretation of anoxic conditions, and low sedimentation rates within the shale layers. A restricted shallow basin or lagoonal environment is proposed for the palaeoenvironment, with fluctuating oxygen influencing diversity.     

河南登封寒武系第三统张夏组核形石与遗迹化石的耦合变化

河南登封关口剖面寒武系第三统张夏组下部碳酸盐岩中发育了大量的微生物成因的核形石和后生动物遗迹化石。在野外和显微镜下对核形石和遗迹化石进行观察,并统计它们在地层中所占比例,表明核形石和遗迹化石存在着耦合关系。下部地层以发育凝块石和形状不规则、纹层不连续、代表一种低能弱搅动水体的Ⅰ型核形石为主,不含遗迹化石,表明此时微生物在海洋生态系统中占主导地位。中部地层则以发育浑圆形、纹层连续的Ⅱ型核形石和遗迹化石Planolites为特征;而且随水体能量的增强,Planolites丰度逐渐升高,核形石丰度逐渐降低;二者的丰度变化说明后生动物的存在对核形石的数量有一定影响,但未破坏核形石的生长条件。上部地层发育大量Thalassinoides和生物扰动构造,缺乏核形石;后生动物对沉积基底进行反复扰动,彻底破坏了原始层理以及微生物造岩的环境,核形石消失。可见,在张夏组沉积时期,微生物与后生动物以及环境之间存在着特殊的相互作用关系。     

北京昌平青白口系痕迹化石

北京昌平青白口系长龙山组和景儿峪组发育有丰富的痕迹化石,其中长龙山组产有Ｈｅｌｍｉｎｔｈｏｐｓｉｓ ｓｐ．,Ｃｏｃｈｌｉｃｈｎｕｓ ｓｐ．,代表潮下低能环境;景儿峪组产有Ｓｋｏｌｉｔｈｏｓ ｓｐ．和Ｍｏｎｏｃｒａｔｅｒｉｏｎ ｓｐ．,代表高能潮间环境。     

Arthrophycus as a mimic of crinoid column impressions in the lower Silurian of central Kentucky,USA

Unusual specimens of an ichnofossil, herein ascribed to Arthrophycus, are described from siltstone tempestites in the lower Silurian (Llandovery, Telychian) Estill Shale near Irvine, Estill County, central Kentucky, USA. The specimens display closely spaced, uncurved transverse annulations, but lack the medial ridge, rectangular cross‐sectional shape and dense branching typical of common Silurian Arthrophycus ichnospecies. This combination of features, coupled with the straightness of burrows and alignment parallel to inorganic tool marks, closely approximates the appearance of moulds of partially articulated crinoid columns (= pluricolumnals) that were impressed into firm mud and cast by storm‐deposited sediment. That these structures do not represent the external moulds of body fossils is suggested by minor width variations along the long axis of specimens, possible bioglyphs and the total absence of skeletal material, including isolated crinoid columnals, in this and other tempestites from this interval. More convincingly, the presence of very sparse branching indicates a trace fossil origin for these structures. These fossils are best interpreted as the products of preferential mining of inorganically generated tool marks by deposit feeders, owing to exposure of more organic‐rich muds by erosional scouring. Thus, this occurrence represents a rare instance in which trace fossils display a strong alignment parallel to inorganic sedimentary structures.     

High-energy sedimentary events in lagoonal successions of the Upper Silurian of Podolia, Ukraine

Three Late Silurian carbonate profiles of the Malynivtsy and Skala Formations from Podolia (western Ukraine) are discussed in terms of sedimentation dynamics. Their common feature is the appearance of thick, stromatoporoid-rich beds within fine-grained peritidal deposits. These intercalations are composed of fossils typical of offshore sedimentary environments. In the most spectacular case, a channel, several tens of metres wide and infilled with stromatoporoids, is incised in a peritidal cyclic complex. The successions investigated exhibit sedimentary features that are diagnostic of onshore redeposition. Independently of the scale of the recorded sedimentary events, the onshore redeposition was caused by factors with energy levels exceeding those of average storms, probably by hurricanes or even tsunami waves. The dynamic nature of some of the stromatoporoid beds has to be taken into account when constructing the curves illustrating bathymetrical and facies development of the Silurian succession of Podolia. The genesis of lens-shaped stromatoporoid beds, elongated depending on their origin, either parallel or perpendicular to the facies belts, should be considered an important factor in reconstructions of the depositional architecture of sedimentary hydrocarbon collectors.     

湖南新化下石炭统遗迹化石及其沉积环境

鉴定了产自湖南新化地区早石炭世碳酸岩沉积中的遗迹化石6属(Zoophycus, Chondrites, Phycodes, Planolites, Palaeophycus, Skolithos)16种.并根据岩性实体与遗迹化石以及沉积构造等特征,划分为2个沉积亚相、21个微相、19个遗迹相.