我国东北地区晚更新世中晚期环境变化与猛犸象—披毛犀动物群绝灭研究综述

通过对文献资料的总结、统计分析,结合对我国东北地区的实地考察和初步研究结果,论述了我国东北地区晚更新世中晚期以来环境变化与猛犸象—披毛犀动物群演化、灭绝的研究现状和存在问题及其与国际对相应时段猛犸象研究之间的差距。提出加强对我国东北地区晚更新世气候环境的重建、认识气候变化的区域特点和突变性,系统而可靠地建立以猛犸象—披毛犀为主的化石动物年代序列、区分主要类型化石动物年代是研究的关键。以独立的气候环境变化和化石动物的年代序列为参照系,在区域环境变化的框架内讨论化石动物群生存的气候环境、生态特征和灭绝过程,进而探讨动物群演化及灭绝与气候环境变化的关系。这将为认识区域环境突变、动植物对环境变化的响应、我国东北地区晚更新世猛犸象—披毛犀动物群与欧亚大陆其它地区猛犸象之间的内在联系,认识人类演化与生存环境的适应、动植物演替与绝灭的临界条件等一系列重大科学问题提供资料。     

中国第一架五氏水牛化石

介绍了我国第一架王氏水牛化石产地、骨架特征和埋藏特点。该化石埋藏在嫩江Ⅱ级阶地顶部的黄土状亚砂土中。为单一埋藏,无其他化石种属掺杂。属猛犸象－披毛犀动物群成员。根据前人用Ｃ１４年确定该动物群的繁盛时代,结合它与大理冰期形成于同一地质历史时期,确定其生存时代应力距今１－５万年,最早不超过大理冰期的下限７万年。提出了王氏水牛及其所属动物群是在冰期中冷暖交替环境中存在的新见解。     

尹赞勋先生对第四纪研究的开拓性贡献──兼论顾乡屯动物群及其时代

顾乡屯动物群是由１９３１年尹赞勋先生在哈尔滨顾乡屯发现１９种哺乳动物化石而得名，其后在东北、内蒙古一带多处发现，由于以被毛犀、猛犸象化石最为常见，一般也称为“披毛犀－猛犸象动物群”。到目前为止该动物群至少有６４种化石，分属１８科３７属。顾乡屯组代表东北地区晚更新世河－湖相沉积，与华北萨拉乌苏组有很好的对比性，属同期异地同相沉积。顾乡屯动物群化石层位仅限于顾乡屯组地表出露部分，年龄测定结果不超过６００００─７００００ａＢ．Ｐ．，表明顾乡屯动物群相当于萨拉乌苏上部动物群，时代为晚更新世晚期。顾乡屯动物群与顾乡屯组在时代上的不一致性，是东北地区第四纪研究中应引起重视的问题。对大同第四纪火山群及我国近期火山的分布，自３０年代由尹赞勋先生做了开创和倡导性研究以来，在岩石学、地球化学、树造环境和深部岩浆源及年代学等方面的研究都已取得长足的进展。     

尹赞勋先生对第四纪研究的开拓性贡献──兼论顾乡屯动物群及其时代

顾乡屯动物群是由１９３１年尹赞勋先生在哈尔滨顾乡屯发现１９种哺乳动物化石而得名，其后在东北、内蒙古一带多处发现，由于以被毛犀、猛犸象化石最为常见，一般也称为“披毛犀－猛犸象动物群”。到目前为止该动物群至少有６４种化石，分属１８科３７属。顾乡屯组代表东北地区晚更新世河－湖相沉积，与华北萨拉乌苏组有很好的对比性，属同期异地同相沉积。顾乡屯动物群化石层位仅限于顾乡屯组地表出露部分，年龄测定结果不超过６００００─７００００ａＢ．Ｐ．，表明顾乡屯动物群相当于萨拉乌苏上部动物群，时代为晚更新世晚期。顾乡屯动物群与顾乡屯组在时代上的不一致性，是东北地区第四纪研究中应引起重视的问题。对大同第四纪火山群及我国近期火山的分布，自３０年代由尹赞勋先生做了开创和倡导性研究以来，在岩石学、地球化学、树造环境和深部岩浆源及年代学等方面的研究都已取得长足的进展。     

黑龙江青冈晚更新世哺乳动物化石

本文记述的8种哺乳动物化石:Mammuthus primigenius,Equus hemionus,Equus sp.,Coelodonta antiquitatis,Megaloceros ordosianus,Gazella sp.,Bison exiguus,Bosprimigenius?属东北“披毛犀—猛犸象动物群”的成员,时代为晚更新世。对三门马的地层分布时代进行了讨论,认为有可能到中更新世末期甚至晚更新世早期。此外还介绍了大角鹿属各种的特征,并指出了“披毛犀一猛犸象动物群”概念的不恰当之处。     

中国北方晚更新世哺乳类动物群的划分及其地理分布

<正> 新第三纪以来,由于青藏高原、喜马拉雅山脉与西部山脉的隆起,我国形成了西高东低的地形特点,导致了气候和环境的变迁,明显地影响了中国哺乳动物的分布。在晚更新世,中国南北动物群分化逐渐扩大,动物群更替尤为频繁。中国晚更新世地层及动物群的研究已有一段相当长的历史,发现了众多重要的遗址和化石地点,积累了丰富的资料。笔者综合有关资料,对我国北方晚更新世动物群,特别是猛犸象-披毛犀动物群的划分、地     

顾乡屯组下界(限)及其测年

<正> 哈尔滨西郊顾乡屯因出土第四纪哺乳动物化石和人类遗迹,一直引起中外学者的关注。其化石群称之猛犸象-披毛犀动物群(Mammuthus-Coelodonta Fauna),代表晚更新世一个生物地理区,被广为引用;出土化石的地层——顾乡屯组,在东北第四系划分中占重要地位。近年在人类考古学研究中,把太平洋彼岸的美洲印第安人及其文化与我国中原文化相联系,将顾乡屯做为中原文化向我国北方→西伯利亚→阿拉斯加     

披毛犀

<正>学名:Coelocdonta Bronn,1831分类位置:哺乳纲奇蹄目犀科披毛屡属特征:披毛犀是一类已绝灭的冰期动物。与猛犸象一样,在晚更新世它的足迹遍布整个欧亚大陆北部,常被合称为猛犸象——披毛犀动物群。通过发现于西伯利亚的披毛犀冻尸与发现于波兰的保存在沥青里的披毛犀木乃伊,古生物学家对这类生物的解剖结构知之甚详:它具有非     

黑龙江阿城交界洞穴遗址的哺乳动物群

黑龙江阿城交界旧石器时代洞穴遗址出土的哺乳动物化石主要来自洞穴堆积下部的第5层和第6层,目前鉴定出12个种类,以北方种类为主,缺少披毛犀和猛犸象等典型的喜冷种类,是生存于亚温暖期向寒冷期过渡阶段的北方动物群.交界动物群以含原东北鼢鼠相似种、东北兔(翁氏兔)和梅氏犀等中更新世类型为特征,在组成上与中更新世中晚期的金牛山和...     

早三叠世南漳—远安动物群研究进展

南漳-远安动物群是分布在湖北省南漳县和远安县的早三叠世海生爬行动物生物群。关于该动物群的研究开始于上世纪50年末,至今的研究历史分为两个阶段并取得重要成果。文章梳理了南漳-远安动物群的研究历程,从动物群的产出层位、海生爬行动物组合特征和生态特征三个方面介绍了南漳-远安动物群近年来取得的进展。这些进展表明,南漳-远安动物群所代表的早三叠世末期海生爬行动物的物种多样性和生态多样性已经高度发展,为研究二叠纪末生物大灭绝之后生物复苏进程提供了重要依据。研究成果的转化与应用,对促进化石产地和国家地质公园建设具有极大地促进作用。     

Geochronology of Ailuropoda–Stegodon fauna and Gigantopithecus in Guangxi Province, southern China

Pleistocene faunas from south China are difficult to subdivide based on the long temporal ranges of many taxa and a reduced number of genera in comparison to faunas from temperate north China. In south China, the Ailuropoda–Stegodon fauna is a very general one and includes a relatively stable suite of genera that apparently persisted for long periods of time. These attributes have made constraining its time range difficult. Application of electron spin resonance (ESR) dating of tooth enamel constrains the ages well where uranium uptake was minor. Where uranium uptake into teeth was significant, an approach combining ESR and ²³⁰Th/²³⁴U isotopic analysis also yields excellent ages. Previous estimates of early, middle and late Pleistocene time ranges previously determined by biostratigraphic seriation for the Ailuropoda–Stegodon fauna are confirmed in all cases but are made more precise with our approach, including specific time ranges for certain archaic taxa. Absolute dating also yields an extended time range for Gigantopithecus blacki of 1200 to 310 ka.     

Revision of the conchostracan genus Estherites from the Upper Cretaceous Nenjiang Formation of the Songliao Basin and its biogeographic significance in China

The diagnosis of Estherites corrugatus from the basal part of the Coniacian Second Member of the Nenjiang Formation in Nenjiang County, north-east China is revised following the application of a new preparation technique to some of the carapaces and an examination of specimens under a scanning electron microscope, both of which revealed morphological features on the carapace that had not been recognized previously. Restudy of the type species of the two subgenera Estherites (Euestherites) and Estherites (Parestherites) also revealed details of carapace features not seen hitherto. These indicate that they should be separated from Estherites. As a result, Euestherites is upgraded to genus level and Parestherites is placed in synonymy. The importance of Estherites and Euestherites is considered in the context of Late Cretaceous assemblages of these crustaceans and the three conchostracan provinces (South-West, South-East and North China) that are recognized to have been present in China during the Turonian–Santonian period.     

Early Maastrichtian larger foraminifera of the Qahlah Formation, United Arab Emirates and Sultanate of Oman border region

The Early Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) Qahlah Formation is the oldest stratigraphical unit lying upon the eroded top of the obducted Semail Ophiolite, of Santonian–Campanian age, in the Northern Oman Mountains. It crops out as a series of low hills on the western flank of the mountains, which are located along the boundary between the United Arab Emirates and the Sultanate of Oman. This paper presents the results of an investigation into the bio- and lithofacies of the Qahlah Formation in the Jabal Huwayyah section (at the boundary between the Al Ain area of the United Arab Emirates and the Buraimi area of Oman). The data collected were used to determine the age and depositional environment of the rock unit studied. In addition, the section is lithostratigraphically correlated with other sections in the study area. Microfossils from Jabal Huwayyah are represented mainly by the larger benthic foraminifera Loftusia elongata, L. morgani, Pseudorbitolina marthae, Orbitoides media, Omphalocyclus macroporus and Lepidorbitoides minor. These foraminifera are reported for the first time from this section. The diversity and abundance of fauna, particularly within the calcareous siltstone bed near the top of the formation (unique to the Huwayyah area), reflect a shallow marine depositional environment.     

Revision of the conchostracan genera Cratostracus and Porostracus from Cretaceous deposits in north-east China

The diagnoses of the conchostracan genera Cratostracus and Porostracus are revised following a re-examination of their type species under a scanning electron microscope. In Cratostracus each growth line has a serrated lower margin. Radial lirae branch into smaller ridges that merge with each other to give the upper part of each growth band in the ventral region of the carapace a slightly undulating surface. Cross-bars are present between these lirae. In Porostracus the radial lirae on the growth bands near the umbo are long and relatively widely spaced. There is a fine reticulum between them in the umbonal part of the carapace and cross-bars on the ventral surface. The ornament of Porostracus indicates that it can be assigned to the family Halysestheriidae rather than to the Afrograptidae, in which it has been placed previously. Morphological analysis of most of the species of the two genera and closely related Orthestheria (Migransia) under the scanning electron microscope is required before their stratigraphic potential can be fully realized.     

A history of the ‘Zambian copper flower', Becium centraliafricanum (B. homblei)

This contribution is a short history of the Zambian copper flower, Becium homblei (recently renamed B. centraliafricanum that has attracted attention as a plant associated with Cu-rich soils. It has a peculiar discontinuous distribution in Central Africa which has been explained in terms of biotype depletion. A field investigation into the ecology of the species shows that it is able to tolerate soil Cu concentrations of up to 15,000 μg/g (ppm), and soil nickel concentrations of nearly 5000 μg/g. B. homblei is also found on areas where soil metals are in trace quantities, and where soil bases, particularly Ca, are low. In spite of its tolerance to a wide range of edaphic conditions, the distribution of the species is very restricted in Zimbabwe, and this is almost certainly due to severe interspecific competition with a closely related species, B. obovatum, which is common on soils not unusually enriched in heavy metals. Pioneering work on geobotanical prospecting by use of Becium homblei was carried out by the late G. Woodward and others in the 1950s and 1960s. This species was used successfully for geobotanical prospecting for Cu. This present report is a brief history of these pioneering studies     

滇中川街盆地中侏罗世弓鲛(软骨鱼类)化石新材料

云南禄丰县川街盆地中侏罗统产出弓鲛鱼类化石后甸弓鲛(Hybodus houtienensis Young)、新庄弓鲛(新种)(Hybodus xinzhuangensis Sun)、川街弓鲛(新种)(Hybodus chuanjieensis Sun)。后甸弓鲛(Hybodus houtienensis Young)是中国发现最早的弓鲛鱼类之一,正型标本为破碎的鳍棘,副型标本为一枚牙齿齿冠。依据在川街盆地相同层位发现的新化石材料,对后甸弓鲛副型标本进行了增补,补充了描述,建立了2个弓鲛新种:新庄弓鲛与川街弓鲛,丰富了"后甸弓鲛带"弓鲛类群,并讨论了弓鲛属的生物地层、生活的古环境和地理分布特征。     

Bayeritheca hughesii gen. et sp. nov., a new Eucommiidites -bearing pollen organ from the Cenomanian of Bohemia

A new pollen organ, Bayeritheca hughesii gen. et sp. nov. with in situ Eucommiidites pollen grains, is described from the Cenomanian of Bohemia in Central Europe. It is based on a single lignified specimen which is the largest Eucommiidites -producing pollen structure described so far. It shows whorls of microsporangiate units attached to a massive main axis forming a cone-like structure. Each microsporangiate unit forms distally an angular head bearing trichomes and centrally arranged mucronate tubercles. The head is attached to a short stalk. Proximal sides of heads display radially arranged synangia. Each synangium contains an unknown number of pollen sacs with numerous Eucommiidites pollen grains.Bayeritheca is the only genus of Erdtmanithecales in which synangia instead of sporangia are found. Bayeritheca differs from Eucommiiditheca Friis & Pedersen in the whorled arrangement of microsporangiate units, which are densely spaced forming a cone-like structure. It differs from Erdtmanitheca Pedersen, Crane & Friis in the elongate shape of the whole organ, slender main axis, shorter pollen sacs, and different Eucommiidites pollen.     

Palaeoecology and taxonomy of Pentoxylales from the Albian of Antarctica

Reproductive pentoxylalean material from the Albian Triton Point Formation, Fossil Bluff Group of Alexander Island, Antarctica is the youngest record of this group globally. Leaves are referred to Taeniopteris daintreei McCoy, ovulate reproductive organs to Carnoconites cranwelli Harris, and stem material to Pentoxylon sp. Occurring in leaf litter layers on palaeosol surfaces the sedimentology suggests that pentoxylalean plants grew upon areas of the floodplain distal to the river channel, where they covered the forest floor in a similar habit to modern brambles. The forest floor was shared with Equisetales and liverworts, an abundance of ferns [Cladophlebis Brongniart, Gleichenites Goeppert, Phyllopteroides Medwell, Sphenopteris (Brongniart) Sternberg], as well as angiosperms. Bennettitales, Ginkgoites Seward and Nilssonia Brongniart were rare within these communities, as were coniferous trees.