Ting类Yabeina与Chusenella生态环境的对比研究

对贵州盘县火铺剖面茅口组Tin类分布规律的研究显示,尽管Ting类Yabeina 及Chusenella生存时代相同,并可见于同一剖面,但两者在具体产出层位上却具有互不共生的特点,利用多元统计分析方法对Yabeina及Chusenella分布层位的沉积环境进行了对比研究,结果表明,Yabeina生活在水动力条件较强的正常浅海,台地及水能量较高的近岸浅滩,Chusenella则主要适应于低能环境,生活在水动力条件较弱的清澈浅海,局限浅水台地。     

以化石带为基础的华南(竹蜓)类属种数据库

以华南类化石带序列为基础 ,对华南地区类属种的地层分布资料进行了整理 ,建立了华南类 90属14 47种的地层、地理分布数据库。在数据库中 ,可以类化石带为时间尺度 ,查询华南地区不同时期类属种的首现及末现数 ,统计类属种数及属种名单。通过对查询、统计结果的分析 ,可以研究华南地区石炭—二叠纪类分异度的变化过程 ,为研究类动物群的辐射演化、灭绝型式提供定量数据。初步分析结果揭示 :华南地区类动物群物种分异度在早二叠世时曾大幅度下降。就物种消失的数量而言 ,早二叠世类动物群物种分异度的下降构成了本区石炭—二叠纪规模最大的类动物群事件。     

山东济宁煤田东区太原组■类动物群

通过对山东济宁煤田东区太原组类动物群的系统研究 ,共鉴定出类化石 15属 10 8种。根据类化石在地层中的分布和垂向的变化规律 ,自上而下建立一个带三个亚带 :Pseudoschwagerina带 ,3)Boultoniawillsi Schwagerinacervicalis亚带 ,2 )Pseudofusulinasphaeroidea Schwagerinaneolata亚带 ,1)Rugosofusulinacom plicata Quasifusulinalongissima亚带。通过与邻区及华北部分地区对比 ,本区太原组类动物群的地质时代为早二叠世早期 ,本区石炭 二叠系应置于太原组第十一层灰岩之底     

陕南寒武纪早期仙女洞组生物礁灰岩微相序列

扬子地台北缘在寒武纪筇竹寺期—沧浪铺期出现海退,该时期的仙女洞组属浅海碳酸盐岩与碎屑岩的混合沉积单元,分布于陕西南部及四川北部。陕南南郑福成和碑坝剖面组成完整仙女洞组序列,其中包含8期生物礁相单元。单层礁体为米级厚度,形态特征显示丘状隆起或平缓延伸。水体的清澈度、深度以及水动力强度变化对各期礁相单元生长的控制力度因时而异,陆源碎屑数次侵入导致海水浑浊度增高,点断了礁体生长。礁灰岩微相类型包括钙质微生物粘结岩、古杯-钙质微生物绑结岩、古杯漂砾-砾屑灰岩、粒泥状-泥粒状灰岩以及泥状灰岩。早期礁灰岩中钙质微生物粘结岩含量丰富,之后古杯绑结岩在礁灰岩构建中具有丰度增长的趋势,且上部礁灰岩层位中不规则古杯占主要地位。仙女洞组沉积晚期海水变浅和水动力条件增强,常见漂砾灰岩和砾屑灰岩。     

常么期类动物群同期异相现象的研究

对我国西南滇、黔、桂三省交界地区的广西宜山马脑山、贵州紫云扁平、广西隆林常么剖面常么期类动物群进行了分析和对比,认为分别发育于上述三剖面中的Ｐｓｅｕｄｏｅｎｄｏｔｈｙｒａｄｉｓ－ｃａｌｉｓ带,Ｐａｍｉｒｉｎａｄａｒｖａｓｉｃａ带,Ｐｓｅｕｄｏｆｕｓｕｌｉｎａ（Ｌａｘｉｆｕｓｕｌｉｎａ）－Ｃｈａｌａｒｏｓｃｈｗａｇｅｒｉｎａｉｎｆｌａｔａ带代表了常么期三个同期异相的类动物群。对各剖面沉积环境的研究表明,造成常么期类动物群同期异相的主要原因是环境的差异：１）在水动力强的台地边缘环境,类动物群以希瓦格亚科分子繁盛为特征,壳体为纺锤形、长纺锤形,隔壁强烈褶皱。２）在具中等水循环的开阔台地,Ｐａｍｉｒｉｎａ分子繁盛,壳体微小,多为球形,隔壁平直。３）在宁静的局限台地环境,类动物群则以Ｐｓｅｕｄｏｅｎｄｏｔｈｙｒａ富集为特色,壳体呈透镜状,隔壁平直,内部构造简单。研究结果表明,常么期类动物的水平分布与同期沉积相的空间展布有着内在的一致性。     

福建沙县船山组的(竹蜓)类

通过对福建沙县高地村石灰岩矿区船山组类的系统研究 ,共描述类 13属 70种 ,包括 7个新种和 3个未定种。根据类在地层中的分布和垂向变化规律 ,自下而上建立了 5个类化石带 :1) Triticites shikhanensis com-pactus带 ,2 ) Pseudoschwagerina miharanoensis带 ,3) Zellia chengkungensis带 ,4 ) Sphaeroschwagerina sphaerica带 ,5 ) Eoparafusulina pararegularis带 ,为该区船山组地层的划分和对比以及我国石炭 -二叠系界线的深入研究提供重要的科学依据。     

茅口期■类动物的灭绝过程——灭绝选择性与物种个体大小关系的验证

对茅口期类动物群灭绝过程的分析揭示 ,若将类物种按壳体大小分为两类 ,从动物群物种分异度、物种净增速率的变化来看 ,大个体 (壳长 >6mm)物种与小个体 (壳长≤ 6mm)物种的灭绝过程并无明显的区别。根据壳壁等特征 ,茅口期类可分为南京类、希瓦格类、费伯克类和新希瓦格类 4个主要类群 ,各主要类群及其壳体大小不同的物种灭绝过程有明显的差异。在灭绝事件早期 ,各类群及其壳体大小不同的两类物种所受的影响有所不同。在早期的灭绝中 ,南京类、新希瓦格类、希瓦格类中壳长 >6mm和费伯克类中壳长≤ 6mm的物种显著减少 ,而希瓦格类中壳长≤ 6mm以及费伯克类中壳长 >6mm的物种则未受明显的影响。在茅口期晚期 ,由于灭绝压力的增大 ,除南京类外 ,所有类群及其物种无论个体大小均受到重创 ,导致类动物群物种分异度陡然下降研究结果证明 ,在灭绝强度较小时 ,类动物的生物学特征 ,如壳体大小、壳壁特征对物种的存活率有一定影响 ,而在集群灭绝的高峰期间 ,这些特征则不能发挥有效的作用     

昆山白莲湖牡蛎层年代及古环境初探

通过对昆山白莲湖西部一剖面产出的牡蛎层及邻近层位有孔虫化石的鉴定与定量统计分析,并结合沉积物的岩性特征及牡蛎壳体AMS 14 C测年数据,揭示了牡蛎层的形成年代及其代表的古环境。研究结果表明,牡蛎层形成于7 230aBP,其所含的牡蛎与有孔虫群落显示此时为水动力相对较弱的半开放半咸水泻湖环境。     

我国石炭系达拉阶标准剖面的牙形刺

本文详细地研究了石炭系达拉阶标准(或层型)剖面,即贵州盘县达拉寨剖面的牙形刺。在标准剖面达拉阶上部,即相当于先前的有孔虫Fusulinella—Fusulina带的层位,产牙形刺Idiognathodus podolskensis,I．delicatus,I．magnificus,I．obliquus,I．claviformis,Streptognathodus cancellosus和S．parvus等,并自下而上可划分为Idiognathodus podolskensis带和Streptognathodus cancellosus带,前者相当于有孔虫Fusulina pakhrensis-Pseudostaffella paradoxa带下部及Fusulina lanceolata-Fusulinella uozhgalensis带,后者则与Fusulina pakhrensis Pseudostaffella paradoxa带上部和Fusulina cylindrica-F．quasifusulinoides带相当,并可与东欧的莫斯科阶(Moscovian)上部对比。标准剖面达拉阶下部,即相当于有孔虫Profusulinella带的层位未见牙形刺化石,但根据贵州罗甸纳水剖面的资料,有孔虫Profusulinella带之底在牙形刺Diiplognathodus ophanus-D．ellesmerensis带之中通过,因此在罗甸纳水剖面,达拉阶之底比莫斯科阶之底要稍高些。纳水剖面的有孔虫来自台地垮塌的沉积,这类沉积物是不连续的,因此其有孔虫带与牙形刺带的关系并不十分可靠。但总的来看,我国的达拉阶仍大致可与莫斯科阶相对比。     

假希瓦格■类生物生活方式探讨

假希瓦格■为生活在早二叠世浅海环境中的■类生物,一般认为该时期■类生物的生活方式为底栖。由于假希瓦格■的形态与生活在同时期的其它■类存在较大的差异,它们的生活方式是否相同?为探讨这一问题,本文选取了中国华南地区的假希瓦格■8种9个样本进行了统计分析,统计了假希瓦格■9个样本的壳圈数、长轴、短轴及每一壳圈的长轴、短轴和壳壁厚度,利用这些参数计算得到了■的重力、海水中■所受的浮力,结合海洋中水流的运动方式,分析了上升海流对9个样本影响,结果表明,轴率越小的■越容易受上升海流的影响,从而改变其生活方式,结合假希瓦格■的生活环境,初步认为假希瓦格■的生活方式为水动力条件较弱时,其以底栖生活为主,当水动力条件较强时,其生活方式可能由底栖变为漂浮。     

Biostratigraphical dating of Cretaceous coral communities using large data sets

Habitats of hermatypic corals are shallow and turbulent marine environments that often lack biostratigraphic index fossils. For that reason many Cretaceous coral faunas are imprecisely dated or dated only on the basis of comparisons with other coral faunas. Using a large database on the taxonomy, stratigraphical and geographical distribution of corals in the Cretaceous, a method is proposed that will make it possible to specify the stratigraphical age of coral associations on the basis of their specific composition. In this process the stratigraphical range of the species (calculated before from well-dated faunas) is summarized and a probable age of the association proposed. The method does not only help to assess the biostratigraphical age of a fauna, but may also indicate whether a fauna represents an original composition or is a mixed association derived from reworked horizons or olistoliths. The method can be applied to any other group of organisms, provided that the essential data for a comparison are available.      

Facies distribution patterns of some marine benthic faunas in early paleozoic platform environments

Worldwide Late Cambrian—Silurian lithofacies patterns indicate that the platforms of that time were sites of accumulation of two essentially different rocks suites: the platform carbonate rocks and the platform terrigenous rocks. Most of the platform rocks accumulated as sediments in shallow marine environments similar to those of the present but far more widely spread.Present-day marine benthic faunas are distributed in depth zones which are primarily controlled by temperature. Faunas tend to occur in substrate-related discrete clusters (communities) within each life zone; similar substrates in different depth zones commonly have different faunal associations. Individual phyletic stocks may encounter environmental optimum or near-optimum conditions in certain areas, that commonly are revealed by an abundance of species and individuals within species in each stock. Environmental optimum conditions depend upon availability of food that may be utilized, modes of feeding of the animals present, water motion, and substrate, among other factors. Organisms in past seas were distributed in patterns similar to those of the present.Carbonate platforms were particularly widespread during the latest Cambrian—Early Ordovician. Intertidal environments spread widely across those platforms during that time and characteristic faunal associations developed in them. Saukiid and related tribolites dominated latest Cambrian carbonate platform intertidal faunas. The Early Ordovician carbonate platform intertidal was dominated by archeogastropod-nautiloid cephalopod faunas. These animals were joined by tabulate corals and certain brachiopods during the latter part of the Ordovician and Silurian as prominent faunal elements in the carbonate platform intertidal—shallow subtidal. Cruziana and related trace fossils, bivalves, and certain tribolites (notably homalonotids and dalmanitids) dominated most terrigenous platform intertidal—shallow subtidal faunas of the Ordovician and Silurian.Articulate brachiopods (primarily orthoids, strophomenoids, and rhynchonelloids) appear to have been relatively prominent during the Early Ordovician in shallow subtidal environments on both carbonate and terrigenous platforms and to have spread down the bathymetric gradient into increasingly deeper subtidal areas of both platforms during the latter part of the Ordovician. Tribolites dominated faunas in relatively moderate to deep subtidal environments on both platforms during the early part of the Ordovician. They were gradually replaced by brachiopods in first the shallower, and later the deeper subtidal as dominant members of the faunas. Brachiopods (primarily pentameroids and spiriferoids) dominated nearly all Silurian warm-water subtidal environments from the shallow subtidal to the edges of the platforms.Platform uplifts in the Middle Ordovician and glacio-eustatic sea-level fluctuations in the Late Ordovician caused environmental changes across the platforms that were accompanied by marked replacements among marine benthic faunas in all environments. The distribution of Ordovician carbonate platforms and glacial deposits suggests that an Ordovician polar region may have been close to present-day equatorial Africa and that Ordovician warm temperate-tropical regions lay close to the present-day North Pole.     

A taphonomic approach to the genetic interpretation of clypeasteroid accumulations from the Miocene of Tarragona,NE Spain

Belaústegui, Z., Nebelsick, J.H., Gibert, J.M. de, Domènech, R. & Martinell, J. 2012: A taphonomic approach to the genetic interpretation of clypeasteroid accumulations from the Miocene of Tarragona, NE Spain. Lethaia, Vol. 45, pp. 548–565. Clypeasteroid accumulations are common in Cenozoic shallow marine sediments, particularly in the Neogene, as they are also in analogue modern environments. In this article, four clypeasteroid accumulations from Miocene (Serravallian) shallow marine carbonates of the El Camp de Tarragona Basin (NE Spain) are studied. Two of them are dominated by flat‐shaped Parascutella, whereas the other two consist exclusively of bell‐shaped Clypeaster. The combination of the taphonomic analysis of the tests, the palaeoecological and taphonomic information provided by the associated fossils, and the stratigraphical and sedimentological context of each one of these beds allows interpreting them as autochthonous/parautochthonous accumulations resulting from in situ reworking in moderate energy settings, except for one that constitutes a true sand dollar coquina deposited by a storm event. This contribution explores the potential of thorough taphonomic analysis of marine invertebrate skeletal concentrations and substantiates the importance of clypeasteroid echinoids as producers of shell beds in the Neogene. □ Clypeasteroids, Echinoids, Miocene, Taphonomy, Tarragona.     

Facies distribution and sequence stratigraphy of the Coniacian–Santonian succession of the Bangestan Palaeo-high in the Bangestan Anticline,SW Iran

This study is focused on the sedimentary environments, facies distribution, and sequence stratigraphy of the Coniacian–Santonian sediments of the Bangestan Palaeo-high in the Bangestan Anticline (Zagros, Iran). These sediments are subdivided into nine microfacies types belonging to various sedimentary environments, ranging from continental lacustrine to very shallow and relatively deep-water (hemipelagic to pelagic) marine environments. The lower boundary of the studied sections is characterised by an unconformity. The lacustrine and very shallow marine sediments at the base of the studied sections are interpreted as a lowstand system tract. The establishment of an open shelf carbonate platform took place during the transgressive system tract. The maximum flooding zone of the Early Santonian is an important surface because it extends from the distal to the proximal part of the depositional environment.     

Foraminiferal biostratigraphy of the lower Miocene Hamzian and Arashtanab sections (NW Iran), northern margin of the Tethyan Seaway

Lower Miocene strata exposed in the Khoy-Bostan Abad area (NW Iran) document marine platform environments. Paleontological and lithological characteristics of these deposits were investigated to develop detailed bio- and lithostratigraphic frameworks. The shallow marine units, composed of bioclastic carbonates in Bostan Abad and mixed siliciclastic carbonates in Khoy area, were deposited under different local tectonic regimes. Relatively diverse assemblages of benthic foraminifera from these shallow marine units were studied to establish a high resolution biostratigraphy in the context of the standard shallow benthic zonation of Western Tethys. The co-occurrence of Miogypsina intermedia Drooger and Borelis melo curdica (Reichel) characterizes Zone SBZ25, indicating a Burdigalian age as also indicated by planktonic foraminifera.     

Morphological trends and environment: a case study on Early Cretaceous Myophorelloidea (Bivalvia,Trigoniida) from Neuquén Basin,Argentina

Trigoniide clams were conspicuous components of bivalve faunas in shallow seas during most of the Mesozoic. Morphological trends in different features of shell shape and ornamentation of three related species of myophorelloids from the Agrio Formation (Early Cretaceous of Neuquén Basin, Argentina) that inhabited environments of different hydrodynamic energy conditions are explored in this study by means of a detailed morphometric analysis. Four hydrodynamic energy categories were established for depositional environments, from most (1), to least (4), energetic. General shell shape was characterized by measurements of height, length and width. New quantitative methods were developed to evaluate the distribution of costae along the marginal carina and the divergence of costae along the flank. Morphometric variables were detrended with respect to size, to avoid ontogenetic variability in further analyses. Relative width of the shell increases as environments become higher in hydrodynamic energy; this unusual trend may be interpreted as an anchoring/stabilizing strategy developed by the lineage in shallow marine environments. Trends in ornamentation correspond to more densely distributed costae in environments of higher hydrodynamic energy, a pattern that improves substrate penetration.     

Nouvelles données paléontologiques,paléoécologiques et sédimentologiques sur le Berriasien de la région de Lamoricière (ouled Mimoun et E1 Rhoraf,Monts de Tlemcen,Algérie)

In the Western Algerian area, the Ouled Mimoun and El Rhoraf sections are particularly appropriate for the study concerning the berriasian formations.From tha lithostratigraphical point of view, the upper section of the carbonated platform corresponds to the lower Berriasian and a part of the middle Berriasian. The «Argiles de Lamoricière which dominate it belong to the middle and upper Berriasian. The subjacent detritic formation known as «Grès de Berthelot probably begins with the lower Valanginian. The stratigraphical results are based on an abundant fauna (ammonites, ostracods) collected in situ, the main species of which have been the subject of a paleontological review and abondantly illustrated.The studied series offer a good example of the evolution of sedimentary conditions which accompany the temporary opening of a carbonated platform towards the open sea.The variations in fauna composition are closely related to changes in environment. In particular, the presence of ammonites in the Boissieri zone can be connected to the highest point of marine advance, although the depth remained relatively shallow (an upper infratidal zone being likely). It is to note that during this period the low level of sedimentary activity favored the settling of some remarkable epilithic fauna.Above the «Argiles de Lamoricière, the massive detritic sedimentation (grès de Berthelot) could indicate an important paleogeographical change in the interior. In the area studied, the ostracods encountered in the basal section of the last formation still mean a shallow marine environment.     

Depositional environment and constraining factors on the facies architecture of the Qom Formation,Central Basin,Iran

In the Central Iran Basin, the mixed carbonate–siliciclastic deposits of the C member of the Qom Formation were deposited on a carbonate platform which is dominated by rhodalgal associations occurring in tropical–subtropical environment. The biogenic rhodalgal association is dominated by bryozoa, coralline red algae, bivalves and echinoids together with smaller amounts of photo-dependent biota including large benthic foraminifera and corals. The abundance of heterozoan association and the bloom of suspension-feeding organisms are the result of an increase in nutrient availability which has profound controlling effect on the biotic system. The low occurrence of symbiont-bearing benthic foraminifera and coral, typical of stable, oligotrophic condition, represents their low tolerance to unstable, nutrient-rich environment. In the investigated Oligocene–Miocene shallow marine carbonate succession, 10 different microfacies were distinguished through depositional texture and biotic components. The rock sequences investigated are referred to an open shelf carbonate platform in which the depositional environments range from outer shelf to inner shelf conditions.     

Foraminifers of the Viséan–Serpukhovian boundary interval in Western Palaeotethys: a review

A detailed revision of foraminiferal zonal schemes in sections throughout Europe and North Africa for the Viséan–Serpukhovian boundary interval suggests that several foraminiferal taxa might have the potential to form reliable markers throughout the Palaeotethys. This would support the currently investigated boundary definition based on the First Appearance Datum of the conodont Lochriea ziegleri. However, correlation of these foraminiferal markers in the Western Palaeotethys region has encountered several problems, partly arising from taxonomic issues, but mainly because of apparent discrepancies between the First Occurrence Data (FOD). Analysis of the available foraminiferal data has revealed that some taxa show marked delays in their FODs, due to the timing of westward dispersal within the Palaeotethys, emanating from a probable source in eastern Russia. As a result of this investigation, two dispersal routes have been identified, a northern branch and a southern branch. In general, the displacements within the southern branch occurred more rapidly than in the northern branch. In addition to different dispersal routes, separation of the main foraminiferal markers in stratigraphical sections from different regions can result from isolation of shallow‐water facies of the inner platform from those of relatively deeper‐water settings in the outer platform, the latter showing more consistent foraminiferal FODs. The differences in palaeobathymetry and associated energy levels have enabled two foraminiferal zonal schemes to be distinguished for the Viséan–Serpukhovian boundary interval in the Western Palaeotethys, one for the inner platform and a second one for the outer platform.     

Significance of palaeoberesellids (Chlorophyta) in Dinantian sedimentation, UK

Palaeoberesellids are septate, tubular microfossils usually attributed to the green algae. They occur widely in Upper Palaeozoic carbonate sediments, where they are normally seen in thin sections as cross-sections or short lengths of thallus. Detailed study of late Dinantian (Asbian) limestones from two areas of the UK. South Wales and northwest England, show that palaeoberesellids. particularly Kamaenella . are the most important carbonate-producing organisms in shallow. low to moderate energy environments and supplied grains to higher energy environments as a result of storm breakage and transport. Where palaeoberesellids were the dominant organisms they formed low-growing 'thickets' on the sea-floor which trapped fine sediment. to create a bafflestone texture. The late Dinantian was a time of great instability with rapid sea-level changes. Palaeoberesellids were opportunistic organisms which thrived in such an environment. The volume of carbonate produced by these organisms in shallow water may have been a contributory factor in the progradation of shallow marine facies and the establishment of relatively flat-topped shelves from the ramps of the Early Dinantian.