罗平生物群产出于关岭组二段,该段大凹子精细剖面细致的沉积学描述记录显示,剖面岩性变化趋势为:从生物扰动灰岩到含硅质结核的条带泥晶灰岩(钙屑浊积岩)向白云岩演化。剖面详细的牙形石生物地层研究表明,牙形石带属于Nicoraella kockel...罗平生物群产出于关岭组二段,该段大凹子精细剖面细致的沉积学描述记录显示,剖面岩性变化趋势为:从生物扰动灰岩到含硅质结核的条带泥晶灰岩(钙屑浊积岩)向白云岩演化。剖面详细的牙形石生物地层研究表明,牙形石带属于Nicoraella kockeli带,同时该带可分两个亚带,即Nicoraella kockeli type 1亚带和Nicoraella kocke-li type 2亚带。牙形石生物地层年代确定在Anisian期的Pelsonian亚期。通过大凹子剖面含牙形石段产出环境分析表明:深灰色具脉状层理含泥质灰岩的开阔台地相沉积环境牙形石产出较少且保存一般,而深黑色纹层状泥晶灰岩段台间盆地相沉积环境中牙形石产出丰富且保持完好。大凹子剖面沉积构造研究表明:罗平生物群产出于台间盆地相钙屑浊流沉积环境。展开更多
The Luoping Biota consists of abundant and well-preserved marine fishes, reptiles, invertebrates, and plants. It occurs in the Middle Triassic Guanling Formation in Daaozi Village of Luoping County, Yun-nan Province, ...The Luoping Biota consists of abundant and well-preserved marine fishes, reptiles, invertebrates, and plants. It occurs in the Middle Triassic Guanling Formation in Daaozi Village of Luoping County, Yun-nan Province, China. Based on conodonts, the Luoping Biota is determined to lie within the Nicoraella kockeli Zone, which is assigned to the Pelsonian substage of the Anisian.展开更多
The Luoping Biota discovered from the early Middle Triassic （Anisian） Guanling Formation of southwestern China represents a fully recovered shallow marine ecosystem, marking the end point of Early Triassic biotic re...The Luoping Biota discovered from the early Middle Triassic （Anisian） Guanling Formation of southwestern China represents a fully recovered shallow marine ecosystem, marking the end point of Early Triassic biotic recovery following the end-Permian mass extinction. Contemporaneously preserved are prolific trace fossils, which offer good opportunities to understand the palaeoecology of marine invertebrates from a fully recovered shallow marine ecosystem. Here we present a newly discovered sinuous branching burrow from the fossil-bearing unit in Member II of the Guanling Formation. Several features, including the horizontal regular sinuous nature, the branching pattern, typical H-junction, and the small wavelength/amplitude ratio of these sinuous structures within the burrow systems justify assignment of these traces as Sinusichnus sinuosus, a trace possibly produced by decapod crustaceans. Close association ofS. sinuosus with Rhizocorallium commune suggests a deposit-feeding strategy of these trace makers. The newly reported Anisian material from the Guanling Formation in Luoping represents first report of Sinusichnus from South China. The global record of Sinusichnus occurrence suggests that these burrows might have an older history than Early Middle Triassic.展开更多
Lime mud(i.e.,micrite)is a major component of carbonate deposits.Various mechanisms(biotic versus abiotic)have been proposed for the formation of lime mud in Earth’s history.However,the detailed role that microbes pl...Lime mud(i.e.,micrite)is a major component of carbonate deposits.Various mechanisms(biotic versus abiotic)have been proposed for the formation of lime mud in Earth’s history.However,the detailed role that microbes play in the nucleation and subsequent precipitation of micrites remains to be resolved.Herein we undertook a detailed geobiological characterization of laminated lime mudstone from the Middle Triassic Guanling Formation in Yunnan Province,southwestern China.Morphological features,together with previous geobiological investigations,suggest that the laminated lime mudstones represent the former presence of microbial mats.These lime mudstones consist mainly of calcite,dolomite and quartz,with clay minerals and pyrites as subordinate components.In particular,micro-analysis shows copious nano-globules(65–878 nm)and capsule-shaped nano-rods in laminations.These low-Mg calcite nano-globule aggregates are closely associated with mucilaginous biofilms resembling extracellular polymeric substances(EPS).Nano-sized globules coalesce to form semi-euhedral micrite crystals.We suggest that a decaying hydrolytic destruction of the EPS by microbial communities within microbial mat leads to the precipitation of the nano-globules by enhancing alkalinity in local micro-environment.As an intermediate,these nano-globules further aggregate to form micrite crystals possibly through a dissolution-reprecipitation process.展开更多
文摘罗平生物群产出于关岭组二段,该段大凹子精细剖面细致的沉积学描述记录显示,剖面岩性变化趋势为:从生物扰动灰岩到含硅质结核的条带泥晶灰岩(钙屑浊积岩)向白云岩演化。剖面详细的牙形石生物地层研究表明,牙形石带属于Nicoraella kockeli带,同时该带可分两个亚带,即Nicoraella kockeli type 1亚带和Nicoraella kocke-li type 2亚带。牙形石生物地层年代确定在Anisian期的Pelsonian亚期。通过大凹子剖面含牙形石段产出环境分析表明:深灰色具脉状层理含泥质灰岩的开阔台地相沉积环境牙形石产出较少且保存一般,而深黑色纹层状泥晶灰岩段台间盆地相沉积环境中牙形石产出丰富且保持完好。大凹子剖面沉积构造研究表明:罗平生物群产出于台间盆地相钙屑浊流沉积环境。
基金Supported by China Geological Survey (Grant No. 1212010610211)National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 90714010, 40872003, 40621002)State Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China and State MOST Special Fund from the Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, China University of Geosciences
文摘The Luoping Biota consists of abundant and well-preserved marine fishes, reptiles, invertebrates, and plants. It occurs in the Middle Triassic Guanling Formation in Daaozi Village of Luoping County, Yun-nan Province, China. Based on conodonts, the Luoping Biota is determined to lie within the Nicoraella kockeli Zone, which is assigned to the Pelsonian substage of the Anisian.
基金supported bythe grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(#40872019) to SQHfromthe Major Basic Research Projects(#2006CB806400) of the Ministry of Science and Technologyof China to SQH,WXC and LC+2 种基金from the Canadian Museum of Nature(R34) to WXCfrom the National Natural Science Foundation(#40772015,40121202) of ChinatheCAS/SAFEA International Partnership Program for Creative Research Teams to LC and WXC~~
基金partly supported by the ARCDP discoverygrant to G. R. Shi (No. DP150100690)supported by a CAS Pioneer Hundred Talents Program (to ML)+2 种基金supported by a grant from the State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Biology (No. GBL21410 to ML), China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)a grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41502013)supported by for China Geological Survey projects (Nos. DD20160020, 1212011140051, 12120114030601, and 1212010610211)
文摘The Luoping Biota discovered from the early Middle Triassic （Anisian） Guanling Formation of southwestern China represents a fully recovered shallow marine ecosystem, marking the end point of Early Triassic biotic recovery following the end-Permian mass extinction. Contemporaneously preserved are prolific trace fossils, which offer good opportunities to understand the palaeoecology of marine invertebrates from a fully recovered shallow marine ecosystem. Here we present a newly discovered sinuous branching burrow from the fossil-bearing unit in Member II of the Guanling Formation. Several features, including the horizontal regular sinuous nature, the branching pattern, typical H-junction, and the small wavelength/amplitude ratio of these sinuous structures within the burrow systems justify assignment of these traces as Sinusichnus sinuosus, a trace possibly produced by decapod crustaceans. Close association ofS. sinuosus with Rhizocorallium commune suggests a deposit-feeding strategy of these trace makers. The newly reported Anisian material from the Guanling Formation in Luoping represents first report of Sinusichnus from South China. The global record of Sinusichnus occurrence suggests that these burrows might have an older history than Early Middle Triassic.
文摘根据一保存基本完整的骨架建立了始鳍龙类的一新属、种——纤细滇美龙(Dianmeisaurus gracilis gen.et sp.nov.)。标本采自云南省罗平县中三叠统关岭组Ⅱ段,为体态细长的小型物种。新属种与同产于该地区的利齿滇东龙(Diandongosaurus acutidentatus Shang et al.,2011)和丁氏滇肿龙(Dianopachysaurus dingi Liu et al.,2011a)身体各部位比例和个体大小接近,头骨均具有吻部两侧不收缩、眼眶显著大于上颞孔的特征。但新种眼眶间距要明显小于上颞孔间距,下颌关节与枕髁位于同一水平位置,锁骨前外侧缘的锁骨前突粗大而厚实,尺骨近端明显宽于远端,有比后两种更多的荐前椎(三属种荐前椎数分别为41、38、39枚)。此外,与滇东龙相对比,新种眶前区短于眶后区,前额骨和后额骨不相交。同时,新种下颌联合短,夹板骨参与下颌联合构成。新种前颌和下颌前部齿虽然也为獠齿(犬齿状齿),但未呈显著增大。头后骨骼对比,虽然新种和滇东龙均具有标志性的锁骨前外侧突,但后者的锁骨前外侧突尖细。与滇肿龙相对比,新种尾前部尾肋细长且未见明显加宽肿胀、仅具一个骨化的远侧腕骨、距骨为圆形且不具有近端凹入。去除数据不全的清镇龙、广西龙和三桥龙后的鳍龙类分支系统学分析表明,滇美龙与滇东龙互为姊妹群,同时它们与贵州龙、马家山龙和滇肿龙一起构成了一仅由在中国发现的属种组成的单系类群。这一单系类群与幻龙类的亲缘关系近于它们与欧洲肿肋龙类(Dactylosaurus,Anarosaurus,Serpianosaurus和Neusticosaurus)的亲缘关系。三种小型始鳍龙类的发现,指示云南罗平地区在三叠纪安尼期中晚期时鳍龙类是一类有较高分异度的海生爬行动物。
基金supported by the Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.XDB26000000)the CAS Pioneer Hundred Talents Program(No.2018-039)+2 种基金the CAS Open Fund(No.193110)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.41830323,41930322)the Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences,CAS(No.QYZDY-SSWDQC023)。
文摘Lime mud(i.e.,micrite)is a major component of carbonate deposits.Various mechanisms(biotic versus abiotic)have been proposed for the formation of lime mud in Earth’s history.However,the detailed role that microbes play in the nucleation and subsequent precipitation of micrites remains to be resolved.Herein we undertook a detailed geobiological characterization of laminated lime mudstone from the Middle Triassic Guanling Formation in Yunnan Province,southwestern China.Morphological features,together with previous geobiological investigations,suggest that the laminated lime mudstones represent the former presence of microbial mats.These lime mudstones consist mainly of calcite,dolomite and quartz,with clay minerals and pyrites as subordinate components.In particular,micro-analysis shows copious nano-globules(65–878 nm)and capsule-shaped nano-rods in laminations.These low-Mg calcite nano-globule aggregates are closely associated with mucilaginous biofilms resembling extracellular polymeric substances(EPS).Nano-sized globules coalesce to form semi-euhedral micrite crystals.We suggest that a decaying hydrolytic destruction of the EPS by microbial communities within microbial mat leads to the precipitation of the nano-globules by enhancing alkalinity in local micro-environment.As an intermediate,these nano-globules further aggregate to form micrite crystals possibly through a dissolution-reprecipitation process.
