震旦纪晚期管壳化石类群及其意义

扼要介绍了陕西宁强地区震旦系灯影组高家山段种繁多,保存精美,实属国内外所罕见的管壳化石类群,该类化石暂按管壳形态结构分为单层管壳类和多层管壳类。前者以Ｃｈｅｎｅｌｌａ为代表,后者又分具套管式结构类以Ｓｉｎｏｔｕｂｕｌｉｔｅｓ为代表和具叠锥套合式结构类以ｃｌｏｕｄｉｎｉｄｓ为代表。类似管壳化石在世界已有１１个产地,层位稳定,对于未元古纪的时代划分和揭示早期动物的演化方向具有重要意义;同时在一定程度上     

A new eocrinoid fauna (Cambrian Series 2) from Guizhou Province,South China

A new eocrinoid locality of the Balang Formation (Cambrian Series 2) near Kaili City is reported. The fauna is associated with index trilobites, such as Redlichia (Pteroredlichia) murakamii Resser and Endo in Kobayashi, 1935 and Arthricocephalus chauveaui Bergeron, 1899, that are common in the Balang Biota (Cambrian Series 2) but absent in the younger Kaili Biota (Cambrian Series 3). This new locality contains a new eocrinoid fauna (n = 22) that is different from Guizhoueocrinus yui Zhao, Parsley and Peng, 2007a in bearing a smaller theca, a shorter stalk, and a robust attachment disk; thus, a taxon Globoeocrinus zhaoyuanlongensis n. sp. is proposed.     

Evolution of the hygiene hypothesis into biota alteration theory: what are the paradigms and where are the clinical applications?

For thousands of years, changes in human cultures have altered the biota associated with the human body, and those alterations have strongly influenced human health. The hygiene hypothesis has evolved over the past 30 years into a nuanced biota alteration theory, but modern medical priorities and regulatory policies have resulted in tragic underutilization of the acquired knowledge.     

Chondrichthyan teeth from the Early Triassic Paris Biota (Bear Lake County,Idaho, USA)

A new, diverse and complex Early Triassic assemblage was recently discovered west of the town of Paris, Idaho (Bear Lake County), USA. This assemblage has been coined the Paris Biota. Dated earliest Spathian (i.e., early late Olenekian), the Paris Biota provides further evidence that the biotic recovery from the end-Permian mass extinction was well underway ca. 1.3 million years after the event. This assemblage includes mainly invertebrates, but also vertebrate remains such as ichthyoliths (isolated skeletal remains of fishes). Here we describe first fossils of Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes) from the Paris Biota. The material is composed of isolated teeth (mostly grinding teeth) preserved on two slabs and representing two distinct taxa. Due to incomplete preservation and morphological differences to known taxa, the chondrichthyans from the Paris Biota are provisionally kept in open nomenclature, as Hybodontiformes gen. et sp. indet. A and Hybodontiformes gen. et sp. indet. B, respectively. The present study adds a new occurrence to the chondrichthyan fossil record of the marine Early Triassic western USA Basin, from where other isolated teeth (Omanoselache, other Hybodontiformes) as well as fin spines of Nemacanthus (Neoselachii) and Pyknotylacanthus (Ctenachanthoidea) and denticles have been described previously.     

贵州金沙岩孔寒武纪牛蹄塘组宏观藻类化石的发现

本文描述了贵州金沙岩孔镇长岩沟下寒武统(纽芬兰统—寒武系第2统)牛蹄塘组底部黑色页岩中呈碳质薄膜保存的宏观藻类化石,共3属3种:美丽遵义藻Zunyiphyton pereleganus Yang et Zhao,1999,云南中华细丝藻Sinocylindra yunnanensis Chen et Erdtmann,1991,文德带藻(未定种)Vendotaenia sp.。该组合中主要分子是Zunyiphyton pereleganus和Vendotaenia sp.,它们也是遵义牛蹄塘组宏观藻类组合中最主要的分子。而遵义牛蹄塘组宏观藻类组合的另一特征分子贵州约克那斯藻Yuknessis guizhouensis及底栖固着型藻束状陡山沱藻Doushantuophyton comet在金沙岩孔牛蹄塘组宏观藻类化石组合中未见,说明产于浅水台地的牛蹄塘生物群宏观藻类组合既具有广泛的一致性也具有一定的差异性。     

The oldest ionoscopiform from China sheds new light on the early evolution of halecomorph fishes

The Halecomorphi are a major subdivision of the ray-finned fishes. Although living halecomorphs are represented solely by the freshwater bowfin, Amia calva, this clade has a rich fossil history, and the resolution of interrelationships among extinct members is central to the problem of understanding the origin of the Teleostei, the largest clade of extant vertebrates. The Ionoscopiformes are extinct marine halecomorphs that were inferred to have originated in the Late Jurassic of Europe, and subsequently dispersed to the Early Cretaceous of the New World. Here, we report the discovery of a new ionoscopiform, Robustichthys luopingensis gen. et sp. nov., based on eight well-preserved specimens from the Anisian (242–247 Ma), Middle Triassic marine deposits of Luoping, eastern Yunnan Province, China. The new species documents the oldest known ionoscopiform, extending the stratigraphic range of this group by approximately 90 Ma, and the geographical distribution of this group into the Middle Triassic of South China, a part of eastern Palaeotethys Ocean. These new data provide a minimum estimate for the split of Ionoscopiformes from its sister clade Amiiformes and shed new light on the origin of ionoscopiform fishes.     

High-precision Ar/Ar age for the Jehol Biota

Abundant fossils of the terrestrial Jehol Biota, including plants, insects, dinosaurs, birds, mammals and freshwater invertebrates, were discovered from the Yixian Formation and the overlying Jiufotang Formation in Inner Mongolia, Hebei Province and Liaoning Province, northeastern China. Because of the exceptional preservation of fossils, the Jehol Biota is one of the most important Mesozoic lagerstätten and is referred to as a “Mesozoic Pompeii”. The Jehol Biota has provided a rare opportunity to address questions about the origin of birds, the evolution of feathers and flight, the early diversification of angiosperms and the timing of placental mammal radiation. Six tuff samples and two basalt samples collected from the Tuchengzi, the Yixian and the Jiufotang formations near the classic outcrops in western Liaoning, NE China yielded high-precision ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar ages. We obtain an age of 129.7 ± 0.5 Ma for a basaltic lava from the bottom of the Yixian Formation and an age of 122.1 ± 0.3 Ma for a tuff from the lowermost part of the overlying Jiufotang Formation. Our age results provide an age calibration of the whole Yixian Formation and show that the whole formation was deposited entirely within Early Cretaceous time over an interval of ~ 7 Ma.     

贵州中寒武世凯里生物群双刺吐卓虫(Tuzoia bispinosa)个体发育的研究

大型双瓣壳节肢动物是凯里生物群中重要组成部分,其中吐卓虫属（Tuzoia）最为常见,化石标本达200多件。吐卓虫常见于全球早、中寒武世地层,地理分布广泛,在地层对比和古环境研究中具有重要意义。文章运用数理统计和对比研究的方法,详细检测130多块双刺吐卓虫（Tuzoia bispinosa Yuan and Zhao,1999）化石标本,发现明显可分为幼年期、青年期和成年期3个不同的生长发育阶段。文中探讨双刺吐卓虫的个体发育,确认先前建立的凯里生物群中Tuzoia的2个种：Tuzoia bispinosa和T．magna,应为Tuzoia bispinosa一种。     

云南澄江早寒武世黑林铺组软体动物太阳女神螺

云南澄江及梅树村早寒武世黑林铺组（玉案山段及石岩头段）的帽形化石,被命名为云南太阳女神螺（新种）,这是澄江生物群内软体动物化石的初次发现。根据梅树村及澄江的地层层位,该种由梅树村阶上部可延至筇竹寺阶,玉案山段软体动物稀少的原因与环境的波动,如潮汐影响近海沉积环境有关。     

拟浒苔在澄江生物群中的发现及其生态学意义

报道了早寒武世澄江生物群中的一种新的化石藻类－肠拟浒苔（Enteromophites intestinalis sp.nov）,丰富了对该时期生物多样性的认识,通过现生浒苔属和石拟苔属藻类形态学的研究表明,这两个属在系统演化上可能有密切的亲缘关系,并阐述了澄江生物群可能发生了一个海水环境。