A NEW FOSSIL ALGA FROM THE SILURIAN OF MICHIGAN

The record of Paleozoic algal diversity is strongly biased toward calcareous and stromatolitic types due to the general paucity of well preserved compression fossils of other taxa. A new genus, Thalassocystis (type species T. striata) is described on the basis of compression fossils in middle Silurian dolomite from the northern peninsula of Michigan. The plant is characterized by a short branched thallus, each branch terminated by an enlarged bladder-like structure. The plants were deposited in a tropical, shallow water marine environment but whether they were benthic, adventive to the pelagic zone, or completely pelagic cannot be determined from the evidence available.     

藏北发现的大型猫科动物脑化石

本文主要报道采自西藏(Xizang)北部,伦波拉盆地南缘,色林错东南岸的一块大型猫科(Felidae)动物的脑化石。因为没有发现任何与其共生的哺乳动物化石,其时代只能依据猫科动物中虎豹属(Panthera)的生活时代,定为上新世至更新世(Pliocene-Pleistocene)。本文可能是中国哺乳动物脑化石的首次研究报道。     

A REINTERPRETATION OF THE ONTOGENY OF THE ASCOCARP OF SPECIES OF THE ERYSIPHACEAE

A study of four species of Erysiphaceae (Uncinula salicis, Podosphaera leucotricha, Erysiphe cichoracearum, and Microsphaera diffusa) revealed that the binucleate stages of the ascocarp are initiated in a similar manner to those of Diporotheca rhizophila Gordon & Shaw. The “appendages” developing on immature ascocarps are considered to be receptive hyphae. Appendages characteristic of mature ascocarps are produced much later. Lysis of certain centrum cells occurs, and asci are initiated from some of the remaining binucleate centrum cells. Resorption of centrum cells by the asci is supported by this investigation, corroborating Björling's earlier studies on Erysiphe graminis.     

FOSSIL VERTEBRATES FROM THE MIOCENE OF NORTHERN KIANGSU

In this paper some vertebrate fossils collected from the Miocene at Puchen,Nan-king and at Hsiachaohwan,Shihung County,both in northern Kiangsu,are described;and the age of the localities as well as that of the “Hsiachaohwan fauna”are dis-cussed.1.The Puchen faunaThe fossils were found when siliceous sands were quarryed from a small hill at Pu-chen,a town in the Nanking district,some 8 kilometers on the northern bank of the     

禄丰古猿化石地点的植物叶化石

1987年,在云南禄丰古猿化石地点D剖面第4层(薄层黑色炭质粘土与灰色细砂互层)发现植物叶部印痕化石,经鉴定属壳斗科绝灭的雷龙潭槲叶(Dryophyllum relongtanense Colani),该种植物常参与组成亚热带至暖温带的常绿阔叶林或常绿与落叶阔叶混交林。     

我国某些常见化石硅藻的环境分析

本文详细研究了中国海表层沉积物中的常见化石硅藻,结果表明,这些种的分布范围及数量变化随环境的不同而变化。因此,根据柱状样品中这些种类数量的变化,能够推断古气候变化,恢复古地理环境,再现海平面波动历程,进而划分、对比第四系地层。     

FOSSIL WOOD OF ROBINIA AND GLEDITSIA FROM THE TERTIARY OF MONTANA

Prakash , U., E. S. Barghoorn , and R. A. Scott . (Harvard U., Cambridge, Mass.) Fossil wood of Robinia and Gleditsia from the Tertiary of Montana . Amer. Jour. Bot. 49(7): 692–696. Illus. 1962.—Fossil woods representing 2 genera of the Leguminosae, Robinia Linnaeus and Gleditsia Clayton, have been identified from Tertiary beds in southern Montana. These woods are noteworthy owing to their exceptionally fine structural preservation and from the standpoint of their paleogeographical distribution. Neither genus now lives in the region of Montana.     

大荔人所在层位贝壳的电子自旋共振年龄

大荔人属早期智人中较古老的类型 ,在人类起源研究中具有重要意义。采用电子自旋共振 (ESR)测年技术直接测定了采自大荔人所在层位的 3个贝壳样品的年龄 ,同时 ,进行了铀系测年分析 ,根据贝壳ESR的年龄结果 ,大荔人可能老于距今 250ka。     

禄丰古猿地点的猪尾鼠类化石

本文记述亚洲首次发现的猪尾鼠类化石。材料系1983年于云南禄丰古猿地点最晚中新世石灰坝组采集到的,计有代表两属三种——Platacanthomys dianensis sp.nov.,Typhlomysprimitivus sp.nov.和T.hipparionum sp.nov.的百余枚牙齿。文中除对新种的形态作了描述和对比外,还对猪尾鼠类的分类位置及系统发育作了探讨。     

FOSSIL FUNGI (ENDOGONACEAE) FROM THE TRIASSIC OF ANTARCTICA

Fungal sporocarps are described from Triassic silicified peat deposits from Antarctica. Sporocarps possess a two-layered wall and contain a single spore. The outer layer is mycelial; the inner layer, noncellular. The combination of primitive and advanced features suggests that this fungus is intermediate in complexity between the lower and evolutionarily more advanced fungi. The Antarctic fungus and morphologically similar fossils resemble extant members of the Endogonaceae, but appear to have been saprophytes rather than mycorrhizal symbionts.     

陕西彬县晚中新世猪类化石

本文记述了陕西彬县发现的晚中新世哺乳动物群中的猪类化石,共两属两种.双齿尖河猪 (Dicoryphochoerus binxianensis),为—新种其性质较印度 Chinji 组的 D. chisholmi 进步,而比我国蓝田组的 D. medius 又略显得原始;弓颌猪 (Chleuastochoerus stehlini) 是我国特有的一个属种,是北方三趾马动物群中的成员.     

台湾海峡晚更新世人类肱骨化石

产自台湾海峡海底的人类右肱骨石化程度高; 个体大而粗壮 ,三角肌粗隆发育 ,骨干上下两半段不在同一纵轴上 ,形成 6 5°的夹角 ,这些显示不同于新石器时代和现代人的原始性状 ,其演化水平和日本的港川人及欧洲的克罗马农人相当。与人化石一同捞出的哺乳动物化石有古菱齿象、野马、最后鬣狗、达氏四不像鹿等 ,表明其时代为晚更新世晚期。