TURRILITIDAE (CRETACEOUS AMMONOIDEA) FROM SOUTH AFRICA, WITH A DISCUSSION OF THE EVOLUTION AND LIMITS OF THE FAMILY

The helically coiled mid-Cretaceous family Turrilitidae Meek,1876 are abundant in late Albian and Cenomanian sediments ofEastern South Africa, including representatives of the generaPseudhelicoceras, Turrilites, Hypoturrilites, Ostlingocerasand Mariella, together with a new genus, Neostlingoceras (typespecies Turrilites carcitanensis Matheron, 1842).a Hypoturriliteshomoeomorph derived from Ostlingoceras. Twenty-two species andsubspecies are described, four of them new: Hypoturrilites crickisp. nov., Mariella (Mariella) acanthotuberculata sp. nov., Mariella(Mariella) oehlerti (Pervinquière) sulcata subsp. nov.and Mariella (Mariella) gallienii evoluta subsp. nov. The systematicpart.of the paper providesa basis for the discussion of thephylogeny, and some of the evolutionary trends shown by thefamily. An annotated synopsis of all genera and species referred tothe family is also included (Received 10 March 1977;     

南海某些表层沉积硅藻的分布及其古环境意义

本文通过对南海表层沉积物样品的硅藻分析,试图揭示南海某些表层沉积硅藻的分布规律,以便为南海古海洋学研究提供科学依据。研究发现,Thalassionema nitzshioides为南海地区表层沉积硅藻的优势种,且其百分含量无明显的区域差异,体现了南海与周围海洋水体交换相对较弱的特征。除此之外,南海表层沉积硅藻的分布主要受到海洋环流的影响,表现在黑潮暖流、印度洋暖水的入侵以及沿岸流对南海表层沉积硅藻分布的影响。其中,Nitzshia marina, Azpeitia neocrenulata , Azpeitia africana , Rhizosolenia bergonii等暖水硅藻可作为黑潮暖流及印度洋暖水入侵南海强度的指标种。而Cyclotella stylorum , Cyclotella striata , Diploneis bombus , Traychneis aspera , Tabularia tabulata等则可看作判断沿岸流对南海水体影响强度的标志种。     

广西合浦盆地晚白垩世和古新世的介形类化石

本文报道合浦盆地晚白垩世乌家组和古新世上洋组的介形类化石14属23种(描述1新种),可划分两个化石组合:(1)Rhombicypridea quadrata-Heterocypris hepuensis-Limnocythere sinuata组合,属于Talicypridea动物群,产于乌家组,时代为晚白垩世;(2)...     

松辽盆地松科1井南孔晚白垩世介形类生物地层

松科1井是世界上第一口陆相白垩纪科学钻井,其南孔获取自泉头组三段顶部至嫩江组二段底部的连续地层记录。本文以松科1井南孔岩心样品介形类化石的系统鉴定和统计分析为基础,共建立15个介形类化石组合带,自下而上分别为：1）C ypridea subtuberculis perga-Mongoloc ypris longicau...     

南海北部191PC柱样沉积物中浮游有孔虫特征及其古环境意义

通过对在南海北部陆坡采取的191PC柱状样进行氧碳同位素测试、碳酸钙含量分析以及浮游有孔虫丰度和组合分析,初步划分了191PC柱状样的地层,并据此讨论了末次冰期以来浮游有孔虫丰度和组合的变化,并利用两种浮游有孔虫古生态转换函数再造了末次冰期以来的表层海水古温度和上层水体结构的变化,且由此反映出南海北部末次冰期以来季风演化的趋势。研究表明,该柱状样底部达到氧同位素III期;末次盛冰期到冰后期,南海北部冬季表层海水温度上升5.7—5.8℃,夏季温度上升1.4℃,温跃层总体呈变深的趋势,冬季混合层深度变浅,而夏季混合层深度变深,同时,表层海水垂直温差的变化也可能反映了由末次冰期到冰后期,南海北部具有冬季风减弱而夏季风加强的趋势。     

TAXODIACEOUS BARK FROM THE UPPER CRETACEOUS OF ALBERTA

The structure of a piece of silicified bark of Taxodioxylon gypsaceum from near Medicine Hat in Southern Alberta is described. The fossil specimen probably came from Upper Cretaceous beds. The fossil shows affinities with the bark of modern Sequoia. Vectia luccombensis Stopes (1915) from the Lower Greensand (Aptian) of England probably constitutes an isolated piece of taxodiaceous bark, similar to the inner bark of the Alberta specimen.     

PERMINERALIZED PINACEOUS LEAVES FROM THE UPPER CRETACEOUS OF HOKKAIDO

Three fragments of fascicles of a possible five-needle pine are described from the Upper Cretaceous Yezo Group (Santonian/Senonian) of Hokkaido. Specimens from the Omakizawa, Oyubari, Yubari City, the Koyanozawa, Ikushumbetsu, Mikasa City, and the Sankebetsugawa, Haboro are preserved in calcium carbonate nodules containing abundant ammonites. Leaves borne in apparent fascicles of five measure 0.7–0.8 mm in radial and 0.8–1.0 mm in tangential diam and are represented by short fragments of isolated needles. Thick-walled epidermal cells on these amphistomatic leaves resemble the underlying uniform hypodermis. Two external resin canals are situated near the lateral corners toward the adaxial surface. Only slightly plicate mesophyll cells in a layer one to two cells thick border on an elliptical endodermis with thickened outer cell walls. Two to three layers of transfusion tissue surround the double vascular strand. Two vascular bundles are separated by one cell layer of sclerenchyma fibers. Small patches of abaxial and adaxial sclerenchyma fibers have also been observed. Leaves most closely resemble those of Pinus leiophylla Schl. et Cham. Subgenus Pinus, Section Pinea, Subsection Leiophyllae and P. montezumae Lamb. Subgenus Pinus, Section Pinus, Subsection Ponderosae and are described as a new species P. hokkaidoensis sp. nov. Stockey and Ueda. Close anatomical comparisons are made with this leaf and previously described permineralized Upper Cretaceous pine needles from Hokkaido and eastern North America.     

山西保德第30地点的跳鼠化石及其环境意义

山西保德第30地点发现了两种跳鼠化石,主要是三趾跳鼠Dipus fraudator,还有少量的五趾跳鼠Paralactaga cf.P.suni。这个跳鼠组合虽然种类不如内蒙古二登图动物群中的丰富,但其优势类群和组成比例都与后者非常相似。而与陕西蓝田灞河组发现的跳鼠组合相比,两者相差很大,后者以Protalactaga为主,虽然可能有一颗颊齿属于Paralactaga,但其明显比所有已知的种类原始。保德的跳鼠虽然只是该地区首批详细研究的小哺乳动物化石,但已经表明保德动物群和灞河动物群在小哺乳动物组成上也差异显著,进一步证实了灞河期和保德期动物群的截然不同,支持了灞河期的有效性。分析表明,跳鼠从10 Ma以后都是与高冠食草动物伴生,显示出其耐旱性。因此,保德第30地点和相关层位应该是开阔草原环境,这与之前根据大哺乳动物组合及牙齿稳定同位素分析所恢复的生态环境一致。由于缺乏有效的地理隔离,保德地区第30地点和第49地点的生态差异显然不是空间上的,而是时间上的。     

蒙古戈壁上白垩统的暴龙类额骨(英文)

记述了发现于蒙古戈壁查干泰格地点的一块额骨。短的眶缘和矢状脊的存在等特征表明,该标本属于暴龙超科。查干泰格地点出露的地层被认为属于森诺曼-桑托期的巴音沙拉组,新材料的发现为上白垩统下部非常稀少的暴龙类恐龙记录增添了新的内容。     

中国上白垩统窃蛋龙科一新属种(兽脚类:窃蛋龙类)(英文)

根据可能发现于江西赣州晚白垩世南雄组地层中一件标本报道了窃蛋龙科一新属种——斑嵴龙。新标本具有以下不同于其他窃蛋龙属种的特征:由前颌骨和鼻骨形成的脊冠具有阶梯状的后端,表面有两个纵向的沟槽和许多倾斜的条痕;外鼻孔延长,其后侧与眶骨相近;翼骨腭骨支背缘有一深窝;齿骨后背缘有纵向沟槽;上隅骨前背缘有小结节。斑嵴龙腭部和下颌的一些特征不同于窃蛋龙科的其他属种,但近似于更原始的窃蛋龙类。这些特征表明斑嵴龙代表窃蛋龙科中相对原始的一个属种。这一系统发育假说得到了定量的系统发育分析的支持。斑嵴龙的发现不仅增加了晚白垩世窃蛋龙科的分异度,而且为这一类群的特征演化提供了重要信息。     

澳大利亚Otway盆地白垩纪介形类化石的发现及其意义

一个白晚垩世的介形类化石组合首次被发现在Otway盆地的钻孔中。化石产于Eumeralla组的灰色砂泥岩中。Eumeralla组是依据孢粉材料而确定其时代为早白垩世,即相当于Barremain-Albian阶。介形类化石包括10属：Cytherelloidea sp.1,Bairdia cf.austracretacea bate,B?sp.juv.?,Eucythere?sp.,Cydocypris sp.,Darwinula cf．contracta Mandelstam,D.? sp.1,Cyprois sp.,Talicypridea sp.,Zigiphocypris sp.,Eacypris sp.及Candona sp.。它们代表一中、新生代混生的面貌;其时代应为晚白垩世。依据生态的差异,介形类化石又可分为两个不同的组合：海陆混合相和淡水－半咸水相。前者包括Cytherelloidea和Bairdia见于Crayfish 1A钻孔中,而后者Darwinula,Ziziphocypris和Cyclocypris产于Penola 1和Kkatnook 2钻孔中。海相属Cytherelloidea和Bairdia发现在540.4-543.1m(E umeralla组井深1957－477m在Crayfish 1A钻孔中）,代表着Eumeralla组上部发生的一个晚白垩世海侵。     

A NEW CONIFER FROM THE UPPER CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

Stems with inner bark, wood, pith, and leaves from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of central California are described. The name Margeriella cretacea gen. et sp. n. is assigned to the fossils. The leaves are long, narrow, spirally arranged, and each contains three resin canals, a thick vascular sheath, and a dense mesophyll. Only first-year wood is present in the stem. The large pith is composed of large cells among which are scattered clusters of even larger darkly colored cells. Leaf epidermis and wood characters suggest affinities with the Taxodiaceae, but the structure of the pith and the internal structure of the leaves have no counterpart among modern or known fossil members of that family. The fossil is regarded as an extinct form possibly belonging to the large taxodioid complex thought by some workers to have existed in the Mesozoic.     

南秦岭略阳地区略阳组牙形刺新材料及其时代意义

略阳组分布于南秦岭勉略缝合带附近,是略阳地区重要的岩石地层单元。本次研究在略阳灵岩寺南部剖面的略阳组获得牙形刺13枚,共识别出3属5种,包含2亚种和2未定种,分别为:Siphonodella homosimplex,Polygnathus communis communis,Po.inornatus inornatus,Po. sp.和Pseudopolygnathus sp.。该牙形刺组合可以与华南同时期牙形刺进行对比,时代为早石炭世杜内期早期,这为确定略阳组的下部层位的具体时代提供了新的牙形刺证据。略阳组中所产出的Si.homosimplex为华南地区浅水相牙形刺的典型代表,Po.inornatus inornatus广泛见于西欧的浅水相地层,这表明在早石炭世期间勉略地区为浅水碳酸盐岩台地沉积环境,且与华南地区生物区系存在紧密联系,同前人根据底栖生物化石研究得出的结论相一致。     

FIVE NEW GOMPHONEMA SPECIES (BACILLARIOPHYCEAE) FROM RIVERS IN SOUTH AFRICA AND SWAZILAND1

Diatom material from South Africa and Swaziland was examined with light and scanning electron microscopy. Five new taxa are proposed: Gomphonema crocodilei, G. quasicrocodilei, G. venusta, G. latistigmata, and G. cholnokyi. Gomphonema venusta has been previously misidentified as Gomphonema clevei Fricke and G. cholnokyi as G. subclavatum (Grunow) Grunow. All of the species possess biseriate striae, areolae with external vela, a true stigma, and marginal laminae underlying the valve margin and mantle. Compared to the other members of gomphonemoid lineage, the five new species show greatest similarity to Gomphoneis mesta Passy-Tolar & Lowe, G. magna Kociolek & Stoermer, and G. rhombica (Fricke) Merino, García, Hernández-Mariné, & Fernández and to the Herculeana lineage of Gomphoneis sensu Kociolek and Stoermer. The most recent phylogenetic analysis of the genus Gomphoneis showed that the two lineages of the genus. Herculeana and Elegans, are not monophyletic. The Herculeana lineage is more closely allied to Gomphonema than to the Elegans lineage. Since the Elegans lineage contains the generitype of Gomphoneis (G. elegans (Grunow) Cheve), and the species described here are more closely related to the Herculeana lineage, we have assigned them to Gomphonema.     

ANGIOSPERM WOOD FROM THE UPPER CRETACEOUS OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. III

Five species representing five genera are described. The specimens are part of a collection of woods from the Upper Cretaceous Panoche Formation of central California. Lardizabaloxylon cocculoides sp. n. resembles wood of those species of Cocculus of the Menispermaceae lacking included phloem. Carpinoxylon ostryopsoides sp. n. is similar to the wood of the Coryleae of the Betulaceae, particularly Ostryopsis. Riboidoxylon cretacea gen. et sp. n. is similar to the wood of Ilex of the Aquifoliaceae and also falls within the range of variation of the woods of the two closely related families, the Grossulariaceae and the Escalloniaceae. Mulleroxylon eupomalioides sp. n. falls well within the range of variation of the woods of the Magnoliaceae.     

记河北赤城上侏罗统-下白垩统土城子组窄足龙-巨齿龙(兽脚类恐龙)足迹组合及其古生态学意义(英文)

记述了河北省赤城县落凤沟化石点163个窄足龙足迹(Therangospodus isp.)。当该地区洪水泛滥时,同样的造迹者留下了5个游泳迹。一个异常大的足迹和一道疑似尾迹被归入巨齿龙足迹(Megalosauripus isp.)。土城子组7个主要足迹化石点表明,兽脚类的似鹬龙足迹型(Grallator morphotype)占据主导地位,这些足迹型的大小在各个足迹化石点都有着特定的范围。如果这些大小不同的足迹属于同一种造迹者,则暗示着同年龄的成员在特定年龄时会共同栖息在一起,在动物行为学上类似现生的一些蜥蜴和短吻鳄;如果这些足迹由不同的造迹者组成,则暗示着不同大小的种(主要表现在小型动物)可能拥有自己的领地,并特意避免与其他动物(特别是大型动物)相接触,在动物行为学上类似现生的肉食性哺乳动物。     

NEW TAXODIACEOUS SEED CONES FROM THE UPPER CRETACEOUS OF NEW JERSEY

Nephrostrobus cliffwoodensis gen. et sp. nov., Nephrostrobus bifurcatus sp. nov., and Rhombostrobus cliffwoodensis gen. et sp. nov. are described based on anatomical studies of seed cone fragments from the Upper Cretaceous Magothy Formation of New Jersey. These species belong to the Taxodiaceae. As in Sequoia, Sequoiadendron. and Metasequoia, the vascular strands supplying the scale and bract in Nephrostrobus are about equal. These vascular strands are arranged in a reniform pattern resembling that found in Metasequoia, but the orientation differs by 180 degress. Nephrostrobus cliffwoodensis and Nephrostrobus bifurcatus differ from each other in the branching of the complex trace and associated resin canals. Rhombostrobus cliffwoodensis resembles Cunninghamia in the arrangement of vascular strands and associated resin canals in its bract-scale complexes. However, the relative amount of bract and ovuliferous scale making up the complex is more like that in Sequoia. This combination of cone features does not occur in any of the extant genera. Nephrostrobus and Rhombostrobus are not considered to be ancestral to any of the extant taxodiaceous genera, but are extinct members of an ancestral complex from which the extant genera were derived.