江苏北部晚志留世“植物碎片“的研究

系统研究江苏北部晚志留世地层中的植物碎片,包括表皮（３个类型）、管状体（３属５种）和其它分子,这些植物碎片与世界上（如:Anglo-Welsh Basin和Scotland)同时期地层中的植物碎片相似,通过研究认为,这些表皮可能产自较高等陆生植物和Ｎematophytes;管状体来自Nematophyte。根据研究结果,并结合已有的资料,认为华南地区Ｌudlow-Pridoli期发育的６个沉积区。     

新疆大湾沟晚奥陶世疑源类

新疆塔里木盆地西北缘大湾沟剖面晚奥陶世地层发现保存良好的疑源类组合。该组合包括17属27种,以棘刺类(特别是Baltisphaeridium)占优势;其次为梭形类,以Navifusa为代表。大湾沟疑源类组合与世界其它地区同期组合对比表明,在晚奥陶世时疑源类古生物地理分区性减弱,不及早—中奥陶世明显。该组合中有13个种仅分布于“Caradoc”—“Ashgill”期,地理分布广泛,因而颇具生物地层学潜力。     

新疆塔里木盆地西北缘晚奥陶世疑源类

新疆塔里木盆地西北缘阿克苏和柯坪地区达瑞威尔期末期至凯迪期中期地层发育良好,大湾西沟剖面、四十场剖面和铁热克阿瓦提剖面地层保存良好的疑源类组合。该组合包括20属36种疑源类,以棘刺类、光球类和梭形类占优势。塔里木盆地西北缘疑源类组合与国内、外同期组合对比表明晚奥陶世疑源类古地理分区性减弱,部分疑源类分子分布仅限于晚奥陶世,且古地理分布广泛,具有生物地层学对比的潜力。新疆塔里木盆地西北缘数条剖面疑源类组成和多样性变化的不同可能与小环境的差异有关。本研究中疑源类属种组成及多样性变化趋势和柯坪地区海平面变化一致,反映了萨尔干组到其浪组下部有一次海侵过程。     

加拿大北极地区泥盆纪叶肢介修订及兼论早期李氏叶肢介类(leaiins)的形态特征

湘南地区在晚奥陶世发育深水坳陷盆地相沉积, 完整记录了晚奥陶世桑比–凯迪期笔石页岩相生物地层序列。本论文在湘南地区祁东双家口 B 剖面开展笔石化石系统采集和生物地层学研究, 针对特征的江西笔石 (Jiangxigraptus)开展研究, 根据最新的分类学方案鉴定出江西笔石 1 属 6 种, 包括 Jiangxigraptus alabamensis (Ruedemann)、 Jiangxigraptus divaricatus (Hall)、 Jiangxigraptus gurleyi (Lapworth)、 Jiangxigraptus intortus (Lapworth)、Jiangxigraptus sextans (Hall)和 Jiangxigraptus vagus (Hadding)。此外, 本文还讨论了该属在全球范围内的分布, 认为在华南等地, Jiangxigraptus 可作为全球上奥陶统底界笔石生物地层对比的辅助属, 对识别上奥陶统桑比–凯迪阶的地层具有重要意义。     

江苏宁镇山脉的早奥陶世腕足动物

江苏宁镇山脉的下古生界,有一套巨厚的石灰岩组,李希霍芬最初名为仑山灰岩,并谓其时代属于晚奥陶世。其后,李捷等及俞建章又根据Vaginoceras 及Hopeioceras(=Cameroceras)等头足类的发现,进一步把这个石灰岩组分为中奥陶世的汤山灰岩与早奥陶世的(?)山灰岩。但由于化石稀少,组合简单,多年以来,所谓“(?)山灰岩”,究竟与西南各省的奥陶系如何对比,以及上下界限如何划分等问题,都尚未获得解决。     

中国志留纪四射珊瑚组合中一些属的讨论

前言中国晚奥陶世至志留纪的四射珊瑚十分丰富,近十年来,中国科学院南京地质古生物研究所和中国地质科学院先后组织编写了各地区地层古生物图册和地层表,并作了断代地层的初步总结。作者等在此基础上,结合过去有关志留纪四射珊瑚的研究资料,提出中国晚奥陶世后期至志留纪的7个四射珊瑚组合,自上而下为:     

鄂尔多斯盆地西南缘陕西陇县晚奥陶世背锅山组生物礁

鄂尔多斯盆地西南缘的陕西陇县李家坡晚奥陶世背锅山组生物礁为典型的台地边缘礁,包括层孔虫礁、珊瑚礁、钙藻礁等几种类型,主要为层孔虫礁。经过系统古生物学研究,鉴定出层孔虫有5个属,分别为Ecclimadictyon(蜂巢层孔虫)、Clathrodictyon(网格层孔虫)、Tuvaechis(图瓦层孔虫)、Rosenella(罗森层孔虫)、Labechiella(小拉贝希层孔虫)等;珊瑚有6个属,分别为Tetradium(四分珊瑚),Hemiagetolitella(拟半阿盖特珊瑚),Plasmoporella(似网膜珊瑚),Eofletcheria(始弗莱契珊瑚),Catenipora(镣珊瑚),Reuschia(劳氏珊瑚);钙藻以Vermiporella(蠕孔藻)和Solenopora(管孔藻)为主。礁发育早期以层状层孔虫包卷砂屑、单体珊瑚、管状海绵、块状钙藻等形态为主要特征,礁发育中后期以块状和球状的层孔虫以及大型的床板珊瑚形成格架为主要特征。礁体发育过程中居礁生物都很丰富,有三叶虫、腕足类、介形类、大棘皮类和丛状的蓝细菌等。通过与塔中台地以及扬子台地的晚奥陶世台缘礁对比,发现造礁生物的属种和礁岩类型均有相似之处,说明中国晚奥陶世生物礁的分布具有等时性。     

滇西西部中奥陶统施甸组的腕足类

滇西西部中奥陶统施甸组虽创名很早,但其时代一直有争论,尽管大都是依据其地层中的笔石来确定,但有的学者把它归于早奥陶世Floian期至中奥陶世Darriwilian期,而有的却认为只应属于Floian期至Dapingian期,或是Darriwilian期,甚至是Darriwilian期延至晚奥陶世Sandbian期。施甸组产有许多腕足类,但未经详细研究,其它化石相对较少,笔石详细研究也很晚,三叶虫、棘皮动物、头足类等研究也很少。本文报道了张远志新厘定的施甸组下部的腕足类,共有27属29种,它们可分为Leptellina(Leptellina)和Saucrorthis两个腕足类群落,时代属Darriwilian期中、晚期。另据施甸组下部腕足类与邻区的对比表明,滇西应分为东西两部分,东部属印支地体,西部归滇缅马地体。     

四川广元晚志留世植物碎片

本文初步研究了产自四川广元晚志留世地层中植物碎片,共分为三个类型。TypeI 具有叶状体,表面具有孔,叶状体上着生有具有中间加厚带的枝。Type Ⅱ的枝表面具有刺。Type Ⅲ的枝二歧分叉三次。通过研究认为,Type I与苔藓类植物可以对比,具有一定的相似性,可能生活在比较干燥的环境中。Type Ⅱ的母体植物可能生活在具有食草动物的环境中。     

新疆塔里木盆地北部晚奥陶世中期介形类

本文记述的介形类化石采自塔里木盆地北部柯坪地区大湾沟剖面坎岭组,共计8属14种。其中包括2新种和3未定种。Thrallella.Octonaria,Predarwinula三属为本介形类组合最为重要且最具特色的分子。据此推测,坎岭组时代为晚奥陶世中期(Caradocian)。     

Evidence of non-vascular land plants from the early Silurian (Llandoverian) of Virginia,U.S.A.

Evidence is presented for the earliest known occurrences of non-vascular land plants and of higher, septate fungi. Macerates of carbonaceous silstone lenses from the lower Massanutten Sandstone, early Silurian (Llandoverian) of Virginia, have yielded a diverse assemblage of microfossil elements. Parallel aligned, banded tubes with annular to spiral ribbing and rounded to papilliform ends, membranous cellular sheets, cuticles, trilete spores, small spore tetrads, and septate higher filamentous fungi were recovered from the macerates. The banded tubes are probably a significant analogue with supportive or conductive cell types, but are not considered tracheidal. The heterogeneous plant assemblage may represent a thalloid, non-vascular land plant, in part, with a tubular-filamentous (nematophytic) organization associated with a membranous cellular layer and cuticular covering. While no spores were established as nematophytic, the presence of trilete spores adds to the indirect evidence of multiple evolutionary convergence toward land-plant characters. This assemblage is interpreted as of land-plant origin, based on the inferred fluvial depositional model of the fossiliferous rocks. A glacio-eustatic sea-level drop in the late Ordovician is suggested as a stimulus to the advent of land plants in the early Silurian.     

Foliomena Fauna (Brachiopoda) from the Upper Ordovician of Sardinia

The late Ordovician brachiopod assemblage from Sardinia is one of the youngest members of the deep-water Foliomena fauna and is characterized by the following core taxa: Christiania , Cyclospira , Dedzetina and Foliomena . The fauna also contains Epitomyonia , Leangella , Glyptorthis and Skenidioides , which are more typical of shallower-water environments during the late Ordovician but occupied deeper-water niches during the Silurian following the termination of the Foliomena fauna. The suprafamilial placement of the family Chrustenoporidae is discussed and the new species Dedzetina serpaglii and Leangella ( Leangella ) fecunda are established. In common with many mid-Ashgill Foliomena faunas the Sardinian assemblage shows significant differences from other faunal developments of this type, reflecting its geographical position and shallower water conditions than those of the classic early Ashgill Foliomena faunas. The brachiopods occur with abundant trilobites belonging to a variant of the cyclopygid fauna. The faunas developed on part of a complex of microcontinents derived from peri-Gondwana during the Ordovician.     

Classification of uppermost Ordovician to Lower Devonian tubular and filamentous macerals from the Anglo-Welsh Basin

Dispersed tubes and filaments from the uppermost Ordovician, Silurian and Lower Devonian of the Anglo-Welsh Basin of Great Britain are described and classified using the artificial Anteturma system instituted for spores. The new Anteturma Trichomiformis is erected containing two new Turmae, Tubiformis and Filiformis. Within Tubiformis, the Infraturma Laevimurali, Endomurali and Extramurali are described, each containing a single genus with four, two and one species respectively. Within Filiformis, the Infraturma Ornatimurali is erected, based on a monospecific genus. Two assemblages of tubes and filaments are recognized. The older is found in uppermost Ordovician through to middle Silurian strata and is typified by a low diversity of smooth-walled tubes. The younger ranges from the middle Silurian at least to the Lower Devonian and is typified by various smooth-walled tubes, tubes with internal and external thickenings, and filaments. The majority of tubes and filaments are considered derived from the Nematophytales Lang.     

Upper Ordovician microphytoplankton of the Bill's Creek Shale and Stonington Formation,Upper Peninsula of Michigan,U.S.A.: Biostratigraphy and paleogeographic significance

An abundant, diverse, and well-preserved organic-walled microphytoplankton assemblage is described from the Upper Ordovician Bill's Creek Shale and the lower Stonington Formation (Bay de Noc Member) in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, U.S.A. Based on graptolite and conodont evidence, the Bill's Creek Shale and Stonington Formation are Richmondian (=Ashgill) in age. The assemblage is dominated by acritarchs, which comprise 29 species (including the enigmatic palynomorph Gloeocapsomorpha prisca) assigned to 20 genera. The prasinophyte phycomata are represented by undifferentiated species of Leiosphaeridia and Tasmanites. In addition, chitinozoans are abundant, and scolecodonts and graptolite fragments are common. Paleontologic-palynologic and sedimentologic evidence indicates that the Bill's Creek Shale was deposited in a low-energy, shallow, nearshore marine environment. The overlying Bay de Noc Member of the Stonington Formation also accumulated in a low-energy, normal marine environment, but in a more offshore, somewhat deeper water setting. Both formations experienced minor transgressive and regressive episodes as indicated by fluctuations in the composition of the palynoflora. The combined Bill's Creek/Stonington acritarch assemblage closely resembles those described from the Richmondian-aged Maquoketa Shale (Missouri and Kansas), Sylvan Shale (Oklahoma), and Vauréal Formation (Anticosti Island, Québec, Canada). The overall composition of the acritarch assemblage from these four formations reflects a distinctive, recognizably Laurentian character. Nonetheless, many of the Bill's Creek/Stonington acritarchs have been reported from Upper Ordovician localities elsewhere, providing additional evidence for Late Ordovician cosmopolitanism of the marine microphytoplankton community. Additionally, the restricted stratigraphic range of many of the taxa further enhances their biostratigraphic application, both regionally and globally, and reaffirms the Richmondian (=Ashgill) age of the Bill's Creek Shale and Stonington Formation.     

长江三峡东部早奥陶世早期的几丁虫

该文介绍了国内外关于早奥陶世早期的几丁虫研究现状,描述了峡东地区早奥陶世早期分乡组的几丁虫3属6种:Conochitina symmetrica,Conochitina cf.pomoti,Conochitina sp.A,Conochitina sp.B,Lagenochitina cf.combazi,Cyathochitina sp.。根据共生的笔石和牙形石以及这些几丁虫在世界其它地区的地质分布,讨论了其时代与对比问题。指出了长江三峡东部早奥陶世早期的几丁虫面貌与世界各地同期几丁虫生物古地理的亲缘关系。     

Implications of an early land plant spore assemblage for the late Silurian age of the Si Ka Formation,northern Vietnam

The first plant microfossil assemblage from the Si Ka Formation of the Song Cau Group, northern Vietnam is reported. It is composed of cryptospores in dyads and tetrads, trilete spores, tubular remains consisting of an association of smooth, banded, and externally thickened tubes, and cuticle-like fragments. The biostratigraphic assemblage of sporomorphs indicates a late Silurian (late Ludfordian) to Early Devonian (early Lochkovian) age. Further comparison with coeval reports using the characteristic features of the assemblage confines their age to the late Ludlow (late Ludfordian) to early Přídolí. This report presents the oldest spore assemblage from Vietnam and contributes to a broader understanding of its paleo-landscape during the late Silurian.     

湖北宜昌奥陶系庙坡组疑源类

湖北宜昌地区庙坡组是达瑞威尔阶/桑比阶界线附近的地层,该段地层产出分异度较高,丰度适中的疑源类组合。该组合包括16属,28种,其中7个未定命名种,可与国内、外同期疑源类组合进行对比。庙坡组疑源类组合既产出晚奥陶世特征分子,也产出阿伦尼格期(弗洛阶上部—达瑞威尔阶底部)的特征分子,显示出一定的过渡特色。组合以Baltisphaeridium(17%—52%),Leiosphaeridia(6%—78%)占优势;反映了其沉积环境为离岸较远的外陆棚环境。     

浙江淳安安吉组底部的几丁虫

浙江淳安县大坑坞剖面安吉组底部化石丰富,其中腕足动物组合属于BA3中上部,指示正常浅海底域环境。作者通过分析该层位腕足化石标本的围岩发现一个低分异度的几丁虫组合,包含3属4种,即Ancyrochitina sp.,Belonechitina cf.postrobusta sensu Butcher,Belonechitina sp.,Spinachitina verniersi。该组合具有强烈的奥陶-志留纪过渡色彩,其时代可定为奥陶纪末期至志留纪初期。这是首次在该地区获得奥陶-志留纪过渡地层的几丁虫,有助于开展国际奥陶-志留系界线精细划分对比研究。文中描述了Belonechinacf.postrobusta和Spinachiti-naverniersi。     

New brachiopod species from the order acrotretida from the Cambrian of central Kazakhstan

Four new brachiopod species from the order Acrotretida (class Lingulata): Picnotreta saryarkensis sp. nov., Stilpnotreta propria sp. nov., Anabolotreta firma sp. nov., and Batenevotreta variabilis sp. nov. are described from the Agyrek Mountains, northeastern Central Kazakhstan from two olistoliths of limestones, which contain the uppermost Middle and lowermost Upper Cambrian fauna and are located in the Upper Ordovician olistostrome. These new species supplement the described earlier brachiopod assemblage from this region (Koneva and Ushatinskaya, 2008). Strong age and intraspecific variability of some Kazakh acrotretids is shown.