再论滇东前寒武系与寒武系界线剖面

本文论述了滇东滇池断裂带以东以及滇东北地区连续完整的前寒武系与寒武系界线地层剖面自下而上的层序是旧城段、白岩哨段、“小歪头山段”、待补段、中谊村段、大海段、石岩头段、玉案山段。论证了晋宁王家湾剖面待补段位于“小歪头山段”之上;晋宁梅树村剖面“小歪头山段”磷质条带中的小壳化石是中谊村段向下渗漏的产物,它在岩性上与白岩哨段无多大区别,可归入同一地层段范畴,恢复原命名的白岩哨段涵义。论述了以云南晋宁梅树村剖面为代表的滇池断裂带以西地区前寒武系与寒武系界线地层剖面有沉积间断,缺失了待补段沉积和大海段上部的瘤状白云岩,从而增补了梅树村阶大海段的一个化石带Ｈｅｒａｕｌｔｉｐｅｇｍａｙｕｎｎａｎｅｎｓｉｓ,基本上肯定了梅树村阶有四个化石组合带。最新研究表明,滇东前寒武系与寒武系最佳界线地层剖面应是滇东北会泽雨碌和大海剖面。滇东前寒武系与寒武系的界线应放在中谊村段与待补段之间,即最古老的小壳化石组合之底。     

湖北宜昌震旦系-寒武系界线地层Micrhystridium regulare化石的发现及其地层意义

该文记述了国际前寒武系-寒武系界线层型候选剖面所在地,湖北宜昌震旦系-寒武系界线地层中发现的小刺球藻类化石Micrhystridium regulare,regulare,讨论了它们的产出层位及其归属,并对小刺球藻类化石在时间上、空间上的分布作了简要的归纳,最后提出了小刺球藻类化石在震旦系-寒武系界线地层的划分和大区域地层对比中重要的潜在作用。     

湖北宜昌寒武系纽芬兰统岩家河组小壳化石

小壳化石在寒武纪早期地层时代划分中具有重要意义,尤其在寒武系纽芬兰统的区域和洲际对比以及第二阶全球界线层型的确定方面,它们是重要的生物地层对比化石。湖北省宜昌滚子坳剖面寒武系纽芬兰统岩家河组含大量的小壳化石,根据小壳化石带可知岩家河组第1-3层为幸运阶,第5层硅磷质结核灰岩中出现Aldanella yanjiaheensis,表明第5层应属于第二阶。由于第4层炭质灰岩中缺乏化石记录,而不能确定幸运阶和第二阶的地层界线位置。笔者首次在湖北宜昌寒武系纽芬兰统岩家河组第4层上部炭质灰岩处理出一批微体古生物化石,弥补了这一层位化石记录的空缺。通过28个样品的系统分析,笔者获得上千枚小壳个体,系统鉴定和描述了6属10种,其中包括1个未定种和1个新种,新种为肿瘤形盘织金壳Zhijinites tumourifomis sp.nov.。据材料中出现的纽芬兰统第二阶的标准分子Zhijinites longistriatus、其它共生化石组合以及碳同位素地层学等证据,可以推测第4层上部应该属于纽芬兰统第二阶,因此幸运阶和第二阶间的界线位置应该在第4层的中下部。     

华北板块南部寒武系底部辛集组遗迹化石及其时代意义

首次详细描述了河南省石门沟、阳坡和山西省水峪等3条剖面寒武系底部辛集组中的遗迹化石。遗迹化石主要产出于辛集组的近底部层位,以水平管状遗迹化石为主,共计8遗迹属,12遗迹种(含3个未定种),包括Arenicolites sp.,Didymaulichnus lyelli,Gordia marina,Helminthopsis abeli,Helminthopsis sp.,Palaeophycus striatus,Palaeophycus tubularis,Phycodes sp.,Planolites beverleyensis,Planolites montanus,Treptichnus pedum与Treptichnus pollardi,此外还有2枚属种未定的遗迹化石。这一遗迹化石组合属非典型的Cruziana遗迹相,形成于盐度正常的潮下带砂质软底环境。通过对寒武纪早期管状遗迹化石Palaeophycus与Planolites直径大小的统计与分析,推测辛集组下部地层的时代不早于沧浪铺期。     

球形小壳化石在贵州金沙寒武系牛蹄塘组的首次发现

贵州金沙岩孔剖面的寒武系牛蹄塘组为跨阶地层,以镍钼矿层为分界面,其上部属于筇竹寺阶,下部为梅树村阶。近期,作者利用15%左右的醋酸浸泡金沙岩孔剖面牛蹄塘组底部(梅树村阶)的岩样,发现了以球形化石为主的单胞、多胞球形类小壳动物化石,包括Olivooides pearformis和其余两类未确定的球形化石。此次球形化石的发现不仅丰富了牛蹄塘生物群的生物面貌,而且为解译早期后生动物的起源和演化、胚胎生物学提供了化石资料。     

贵州松桃黄莲寒武系都匀阶杷榔组三叶虫地层划分及意义

贵州松桃县黄莲村西的黄莲剖面杷榔组厚417.8m,主要由深灰色钙质泥岩组成,岩性与湘西、黔东杷榔组基本相似,除底部38m未见三叶虫外,以上均含有三叶虫,由下而上可分为2个三叶虫带,下为Oryctocarella duyunensis带(38-83m),化石较少;上为Oryctocarella duyunensis-Arthricocephlus chauveaui组合带(83 m以上)。除Arthricocephlus chauveaui外,还含有A.xinzhaiheensis,Oryctocarella duyunensis,O.sibirica?,O.balangensis,Duyunaspis duyunensis,Changaspis elongata及Redlichia (Pteroredlichia)murakamii。与剑河交榜潜在的寒武系第四阶国际层型剖面下部2个三叶虫带Oryctocarella duyunensis-Arthricocephlus chauveaui组合带及Oryctocarella duyunensis带完全相同,也可和格陵兰北部Freachen land及Peary land等地Henson Gletscher组对比。黄莲剖面是潜在的寒武系第四阶国际层型剖面剑河交榜杷榔组剖面的良好辅助剖面。     

皖北上寒武统凤山阶一完整三叶虫化石

寒武系地层在皖北宿县、淮北、萧县一带广泛分布,尤其是上寒武统地层出露较好,其中含有丰富的三叶虫化石。2008年初,刚刚对化石有所认识的我回到家乡后,便拿着锤子到山上敲化石去了。     

贵州麻江羊跳寒武系九门冲组微体化石初探北大核心CSCD

贵州麻江羊跳剖面寒武系九门冲组发育一套富含有机质的灰岩,经室内醋酸浸泡处理后,发现有海绵动物骨针和腕足动物的微体骨骼化石。海绵动物骨针包括粗短三轴六射针和细长三轴六射针。腕足动物经对比研究后将其鉴定为Eohadrotreta zhenbaensis,外部特征和内部结构均与陕南和鄂西地区的E.zhenbaensis非常相似,具有贝体轮廓亚圆形或横卵形、壳体饰以明显的同心纹,腹壳内顶坑浅弱或不发育、顶突起微凸,背壳假铰合面明显、中间沟和中支板发育良好等特征。E.zhenbaensis主要见于中国扬子区陕南和鄂西的寒武纪第二世地层中,在黔东斜坡相区九门冲组中尚属首次报道。E.zhenbaensis在黔东寒武系九门冲组的发现,不仅丰富了该组的生物组成面貌,扩展其地理分布,而且可为扬子区和过渡区不同岩石地层单位之间的对比提供信息。麻江羊跳寒武系九门冲组微体化石远较鄂西和陕南等地水井沱组中微体化石的分异度低,可能与当时麻江地区水体较深有关,为研究不同相区生物群落结构的变化提供了资料。     

Longfengshania的形态学特征和归属

华北地台南部中寒武世徐庄组为一套以砂、页岩和灰岩为主的碎屑和碳酸盐沉积,下部以碎屑沉积为主,上部主要是碳酸盐岩,与上覆地层张夏组和下伏地层毛庄组均为整合接触。徐庄组内除了含有三叶虫实体化石外,还含有大量的遗迹化石,这些遗迹化石主要是产在下部的碎屑岩中。关于徐庄组顶、底界线,我们采用卢衍豪等(1953)的划分方案,下部以Hsuchuangia带为底界,上部以Bailiella带为顶界。本文所研究的遗迹化石分别采自山东张夏、汶南,江苏徐州和河南鲁山的中寒武世徐庄组。通过遗迹化石的研究,我们在徐庄组建立了Cruziana barbata-Rusophycus ramellensis遗迹群落,结合三叶虫实体化石,相分析等,探讨了徐庄组的沉积环境。     

我国寒武系底部几种磷酸盐化保存的蓝菌类化石

本文系统描述了产于我国寒武系底部磷矿层中的微型蓝菌类化石4属4种,其中Girvanella sp.和Spirellus columnaris产于新疆阿克苏、乌什玉尔吐斯组和云南会泽、安宁朱家箐组中谊村段,Endoconchia lata产于四川峨眉灯影组麦地坪段,Cambricodium capilloides和一块属种名未定的化石产于陕西宁强灯影组宽川铺段,从而丰富了我国寒武系底部磷块岩层中的蓝菌类化石。本文还讨论了上述微型蓝菌类化石有直接磷酸盐化保存和钻孔磷酸盐铸模保存的两种保存方式。     

Correlating the global Cambrian–Ordovician boundary: Precise comparison of the Xiaoyangqiao section,Dayangcha, North China with the Green Point GSSP section,Newfoundland, Canada

The Cambrian–Ordovician boundary interval exposed at the Xiaoyangqiao section, North China is presented. The distribution of stratigraphically important fossils in the Xiaoyangqiao section revealed several nearly coeval graptolite, conodont, trilobite, and acritarch bioevents in the uppermost Cambrian–lowermost Ordovician carbonate-siliciclastic sedimentary sequence. The precise correlation to the Green Point GSSP section, western Newfoundland, Canada allows for the identification of the corresponding GSSP level in the Xiaoyangqiao section. The combined data from the Xiaoyangqiao section and the Green Point GSSP section provide a series of events that all can be applied as proxies for identification of the Cambrian–Ordovician boundary horizon outside the GSSP. Based on this, the Xiaoyangqiao section, Dayangcha, is here strongly recommended as a candidate for an Auxiliary Boundary Stratigraphic Section and Point section (ASSP) for the base of the Ordovician System, because it provides one of the best and most complete Cambrian–Ordovician transitions in the world and because the first planktic graptolites are from the Xiaoyangqiao section.     

Proposed GSSP for the base of Cambrian Stage 7, coinciding with the first appearance of Lejopyge laevigata, Hunan, China

The Luoyixi section, exposed in a roadcut along the Youshui River (Fengtan Reservoir), Guzhang County, Hunan Province, China, is proposed as the stratotype for the base of an unnamed stage boundary (base of the Cambrian stage provisionally termed Stage 7). The proposed position of the GSSP is 121.3 m above the base of the Huaqiao Formation, at a horizon coinciding with the first appearance of the cosmopolitan agnostoid trilobite Lejopyge laevigata. The section fulfills all the requirements for a GSSP, and the horizon can be constrained not only with the primary stratigraphic marker (L. laevigata) but also with secondary biostratigraphic, sequence-stratigraphic, and chemostratigraphic correlation tools. The first appearance of L. laevigata is one of the most readily recognizable levels in the Cambrian, and can be correlated with precision to all paleocontinents.     

黔东早—中寒武世凯里组疑源类组合及其界线意义

通过对台江八郎和丹寨两条剖面凯里组中疑源类化石的分析,研究,台江剖面产疑源类化石有17属35各（12未定种）,其中以Leiosphaeridia,Synsphareidium,Cymatiosphaera,Pterospermella最为丰富,可划分为3个组合,即Cymatiosphaera cf.cristata-Fimbriaglomerella memebrancea组合,Cristallinium-Micrhystridium-Pterospermella组合和Dictyotidium-Granomarginata组合,丹寨平寨剖面凯里组所产疑源类化石有：13属21种（5未定种）,同样划分为3个组合,即Leiosphaeridia-Tasmanites组合,Retisphaeridium-Micrhystridium tentatium组合和Baltisphaeridium-Bubomorpha hunjiangensis组合,本文对两条剖面中的凝源类化石的组成,相对含量做了详细的统计,发现在八郎剖面9－2层和平寨剖面3层疑源类的丰度,分异度开始发生明显的变化,表现由早寒武世向中寒武世疑源类组合面貌的转变,这一疑源类转变层位正好是与三叶虫划分的中,下寒武统界线的层位位置相一致,这充分表明疑源类化石可作为划分中,下寒武统的极有价值的微体生物化石证据。     

Global Standard Stratotype-section and Point (GSSP) of the Furongian Series and Paibian Stage (Cambrian)

The Global Standard Stratotype-section and Point (GSSP) of the Furongian Series (uppermost series of the Cambrian System) and the Paibian Stage (lowermost stage of the Furongian Series), has been recently defined and ratified by the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS). The boundary stratotype is 369 metres above the base of the Huaqiao Formation in the Paibi section, northwestern Hunan Province, China. This point coincides with the first appearance of the cosmopolitan agnostoid trilobite Glyptagnostus reticulatus, and occurs near the base of a large positive carbon isotopic excursion (SPICE excursion).     

峡东震旦系陡山沱组宏体生物群*

描述了陡山沱组宏体化石11属11种(其中5新属,5新种).这一发现表明,多细咆后生动、植物在震旦纪陡山沱期已经繁荣.在后生动物中,除有大量软躯体动物外,具有内、外骨骼的动物已有少量出现,这是生命发展史上的重大事件.有的属种,有着复杂化的内部器官,或许代表着一个生物进化方向.在后生植物中,高级藻类已显示出初步的形态分化,在生态系中起了重要作用.它们排挤或取代了几乎与地球历史同样悠久的微生物群落.     

Shell composition of Terreneuvian tubular fossils from north‐east Sichuan,China

Identification of the primary constituents of small shelly fossil (SSF) shells is important for explaining the evolution of SSF faunas. The characteristics and constituents of Terreneuvian tubular SSFs found in north‐east Sichuan, China, are revealed using light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive X‐ray spectroscopy. Petrographic thin sections indicate that the chemical composition of the shells is mainly calcium carbonate with smaller amounts of phosphorus, silica and pyrite. Most of the tubular shells composed of calcium carbonate have a distinct layered structure. Evidence of replacement of the original shell by phosphatization, pyritization and silicification, and recrystallization of calcium carbonate have been found, all of which destroyed the shell's original layered structure. Most fossils treated with acetic acid are phosphatic casts or steinkerns, with some preserving organic textures of the shell as phosphatic casts. We conclude that the Terreneuvian tubular SSFs from north‐east Sichuan were originally composed mainly of calcium carbonate; indeed, most Terreneuvian small skeletal fossils appear to have had an originally calcareous composition. The fossil casts or internal core fossils are composed of phosphate, which is related to local taphonomic processes.     

中国贵州东部乌溜-曾家崖剖面早—中寒武世凯里组疑源类(英文)

我国贵州东部乌溜-曾家崖凯里组剖面作为世界早-中寒武世界线层型侯选剖面,产出良好保存的大型无脊椎动物化石(尤其是三叶虫)。因此,更加详细研究该剖面海洋疑源类的生物地层非常重要,将提供围绕界线的生物和环境变化的细微记录。乌溜-曾家崖剖面凯里组的疑源类划分两个组合,它们是凯里组0-52m的Leiomarginata si mplex-Fi mbriaglomerella membranacea组合和52-140m的Cristallinium cambriense-Heliosphaeridiumnodosum-Globosphaeridiumcerinum组合。140-214m仅有很少疑源类标本,可能因为凯里组上部以白云岩为主,不适宜有机壁微体化石的保存。距凯里组底部往上约52m处疑源类组合出现重大变化,无疑为解释沉积环境提供重要资料。两疑源类组合间界线,位于52.3-52.7m,此稍低于被三叶虫Oryctocephalusindicus首现所指示的全球寒武系第5阶潜在层型剖面界线。     

Re‐evaluation of the conodont Iapetognathus and implications for the base of the Ordovician System GSSP

Terfelt, F, Bagnoli, G. & Stouge, S. 2011: Re‐evaluation of the conodont Iapetognathus and implications for the base of the Ordovician System GSSP. Lethaia, Vol. 45, pp. 227–237. In 2000, the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) ratified the decision from the International Working Group on the Cambrian–Ordovician Boundary (COBWG) to place the Global boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the base of the Ordovician System in the Green Point section, Newfoundland, Canada, at a point coinciding with the first appearance of the conodont Iapetognathus fluctivagus. However, a restudy of the conodont successions from Green Point shows that this species is not present at the boundary interval, and as a consequence the section does not fulfil the biostratigraphical requirements of a GSSP. The GSSP horizon as now defined is based on a level part‐way through the range of I. preaengensis– a species with lower first appearance datum (FAD). The true FAD of I. fluctivagus is above the FAD of planktonic graptolites and well above the FAD of I. preaengensis. As a consequence of these problems, a restudy of the GSSP section and the other sections in the Cow Head Group is necessary. A redefinition of the GSSP horizon is suggested. The following four alternative horizons have potential as new horizons for the GSSP level: the FAD of Cordylodus intermedius; the FAD of Cordylodus andresi; the FAD of Eoconodontus notchpeakensis; and the FAD of the agnostoid Lotagnostus americanus. □Boundary, Cambrian, conodont, Global boundary Stratotype Section Point, Iapetognathus, Ordovician.     

Palaeoenvironmental turnover across the Ypresian–Lutetian transition at the Agost section, Southastern Spain: In search of a marker event to define the Stratotype for the base of the Lutetian Stage

Marker events to define the stratotype for the base of the Lutetian Stage are poorly defined. To elucidate such markers and characterize palaeoenvironmental turnovers, we conducted an integrated study of the Ypresian–Lutetian (Y–L; early-middle Eocene) transition at the continuous Agost section (southeastern Spain). This 115-m-thick section, which consists of hemipelagic marls intercalated with hemipelagic limestones and turbidity sandstones, spans from planktic foraminiferal Zones P9 to P12 (E7 to E10) and calcareous nannofossil Zones CP11 to CP14a (NP13 to NP16). We report quantitative analyses of planktic and benthic foraminifera and characterization of trace fossil assemblages that are integrated with mineralogical analyses.Relative to benthic forms, planktic foraminifera constitute more than 80% of the foraminiferal assemblage. We found that the most abundant planktic species belong to the genera Acarinina, Morozovella, Subbotina, and Pseudohastigerina. Benthic foraminiferal assemblages are strongly dominated by calcareous taxa, with bolivinids being the most abundant group. Trace fossils showed the succession Nereites–Zoophycos–Cruziana ichnofacies throughout the Agost section. In addition to changes in palaeobathymetry, we deduced that quantity and quality of organic matter flux influenced by turbidity currents are the main factors controlling benthic assemblages. We distinguished several mineralogical boundaries at the Agost section, each associated with lithological facies changes suggesting a change in provenance rather than changes in weathering conditions. We made three observations that indicate an increase in sea water temperatures or a possible hyperthermal event related to the first occurrence (FO) of hantkeninids (i.e., the P9/P10 boundary): 1) a distinct peak in abundance of the benthic foraminifera Aragonia aragonensis; 2) the low-diversity of benthic foraminiferal assemblages; and 3) the occurrence of the planktic foraminifera Clavigerinella eocenica and Clavigerinella jarvisi. Benthic foraminiferal and trace fossil assemblages also suggest an associated relative fall of sea level from upper-middle bathyal to sublittoral depths. These characteristic indicators point to this boundary as a promising feature for defining the Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) for the base of the Lutetian Stage. However, complementary magnetobiostratigraphic studies carried out at the Agost section point to the FO of calcareous nannofossil Blackites inflatus (base of CP12b), which occurred 3–5 Myr before the P9/P10 boundary, as the most suitable primary marker event. Whatever the marker event chosen, all the successive events recognized at the Agost section allow a complete characterization of the Y–L transition, and thus this section may be a suitable candidate to locate the GSSP for the Ypresian/Lutetian boundary.     

Occurrence of the Lower Cambrian anemone-style trace fossils in the Zabuk Formation (Mardin–Derik,SE Turkey)

The Zabuk Formation of the Derik Group exposed over much of south-eastern Turkey presents a succession composed of shallow marine and fluvial siliciclastic sedimentary rocks. The Lower Cambrian assemblages containing abundant anemone-style trace fossils are known from most major palaeocontinents such as Laurentia, Baltica, and Gondwana. These have possible affinities with semi-infaunal dwelling anemones on siliciclastic mid-latitude shelves of West Gondwana in early Fortunian deposits. Among them is Bergaueria, characterized by plug-shaped burrows as exemplified by Bergaueria perata, that is, a characteristic trace fossil of the Cambrian globally.