Recently Ratified and Proposed Cambrian Global Standard Stratotype-section and Points

This paper briefly summarizes an officially ratified Global Standard Stratotype-section and Point (GSSP) and a proposed GSSP for global stages of the Cambrian System. The Luoyixi section near Luoyixi town, Guzhang, northwestern Hunan is ratified as the boundary stratotype for the base of the global Guzhangian Stage, which is the upmost stage of an unnamed series termed provisionally as Cambrian Series 3. The GSSP position lies 121.3 m above the base of the Huaqiao Formation in the section, coinciding with the first appearance of the cosmopolitan agnostoid trilobite Lejopyge leavigata. The Duibian B section at Duibian village, Jiangshan, western Zhejiang, is proposed as the boundary stratotype for the base of the proposed global Jiangshanian Stage that is the second stage of the Furongian Series. The proposed GSSP position lies 108.12 m above the base of the Huayansi Formation in the section, coinciding with the first appearance of the cosmopolitan agnostoid trilobite Agnostotes orientalius. This horizon is also with the first appearance of the cosmopolitan polymerid trilobite Irvingella angustilimbata.     

Middle and Late Cambrian trilobite communities from Fenghuang (Dama) of western Hunan, China

Middle and Late Cambrian trilobite faunas from the Dama section in western Hunanare are composed of 63 genera and subgenera, 84 species, and two forms of gen. et sp. indetermined. Which include a mixture of cosmopolitan agnostoids and polymeroids. Three new species, Hardyoides damaensis ,Meringaspis damaensis and Rhyssomelopus (Rodtrifinis ) nitidus, are described by present author in 2004. Besides, Erixanium is recognised for the first time in study area, which is significant for biostratigraphical correlation of the Late Cambrian in the Austalo-Asia region. According to distribution regularity vertical, the Middle and Late Cambrian trilobites can be divided into 9 trilobite communities for the Dama section. Based on the trilobite communities analysis, the author concludes that from the east Mt. Lailong to Dama through Fenghuang, further east, reach in Chenxi.the palaeoenvironments were changed from a shallow-water of oxygen-rich (platform margin slope) into a deep-water of oxygen-poor setting (basin).     

礁滩型油气成藏要素和塔中实例浅析

礁滩复合体油气成藏分析涉及到层序单元识别、生烃过程、孔隙类型和盖层圈闭这几个要素.这些因子受控于海平面变化、沉积占地理、成岩作用和构造演化史.塔中隆起区上奥陶统良里塔格组的大型礁滩体油气藏的构成是这些因素优化组合的结果,塔中北台缘I号波折带临近满加尔凹陷的烃源岩区,,浅水台地边缘形成数期生物礁和高能滩复合体,也是良里塔...     

Comparison between cryptospores from the Cambrian Log Cabin Member,Pioche Shale,Nevada,USA and similar specimens from the Cambrian Kaili Formation,Guizhou,China

Abundant cryptospore-like microfossils have been collected from a sample of the"Middle"Cambrian Log Cabin Member of the Pioche Shale in eastern Nevada,USA.Compared with organic-walled microfossils obtained from the Cambrian Kaili Formation in eastern Guizhou Province,China,some specimens of leiosphers may be inferred to be similar cryptospore-like microfossils.The new fossil record would be the oldest known specimens of cryptospore-like microfossils during the Cambrian Period.     

广西恭城奥陶纪含笔石地层

桂北恭城奥陶纪含笔石地层过去因缺乏生物化石证据将其划归于寒武系清溪组。1997年在其中发现笔石后重新将时代确定为奥陶纪,整套地层可划分为8个笔石带.自上而下为:8.Nemagraptus gracilis带;7.Ptero-graptus elegans带;6.Nicholsonograptus fasciculatus带;5.Acrograptus ellesae带;4.Undulograptus austroden-tatus带;3.Exigraptus clavus带;2.Isograptus caduceus cf.imitatus带;1.Didymograptus(Expansograptus)abnormis带。该地层与我国广东、浙江、江西、安徽等地区,以及澳大利亚、北美、英国等的相应层位可以对比。     

三峡地区震旦系碳酸盐岩碳氧同位素特征

本文对三峡地区秭归庙河陡山沱组第一段至第三段，宜昌棺材崖陡山沱组第三段上部至灯影组底部以及四溪灯影组石板滩段和白马沱段碳酸盐岩碳氧同位素组成特点的研究结果表明，三峡地区震旦系碳同位素组成与全球新元古代广布的后Martinoan冰期地层δ^13C的分布模式基本一致，本文还讨论了地层中碳同位素组成与生物演化和地层层序发展的关系，指出陡山沱组一段白云岩中δ^13C的负异常可以作为震旦系底界划分的标志，最晚Varanger冰期在三峡地区由陡山沱组三段上部出现的三级层序界面所替代，震旦系内部陡山沱组一段和三段可能形成于Marinoan冰期之后，伊迪卡拉生物分异发展之前，而陡山沱组四段及上覆灯影峡组则大致与国外伊迪卡拉期地层对比。     

贵州台江凯里生物群中遗迹化石（Gordia）与水母状化石（Pararotadiscus）的关系及其意义

贵州台江凯里生物群中的遗迹化石Gordia marina Emmons常被保存在水母状化石Pararotadiscus guizhouensis Zhao and Zhu盘体的上下，构成凯里生物群生态特色之一。笔者认为，G．marina可能系蠕形类造迹动物在层面或近层面觅食或吞食富含有机物的沉积物所形成。生活于清澈陆棚环境一定水域的P.guizhouensis，由于突发性快速沉积事件的发生，改变了海水的物化条件，而被“毒死”，并随沉积物安静地沉落于弱氧化-还原环境的海底。在较为缓慢的腐烂过程中，营食沉积物的G．marina造迹生物觅食于P.guizhouensis盘体上下富含有机物的沉积物中。随着沉积物的增厚，P．guizhouensis生物尸体周围的微环境还原性增强，腐烂过程很快被终止，P．guizhouensis生物软体得以保存，浅层或层面觅食性造迹生物亦随即离去，留下其生活活动的潜穴。同时通过研究，还认为G．molassicd(Heer)与G．marina为同义名，可能为G．marina造迹生物的幼体。     

High Temperature as a Mechanism for Plant Cytoplasm Preservation in Fossils

Because the cytoplasm of a plant normally degrades after the death of the plant, finding cytoplasm in a plant body after a prolonged period of time, especially in fossil plants, is unexpected. Recent work on several 100-Myr-old plant fossils from Kansas, USA indicates, however, that cells and their contents can be preserved. Most of the cells in these fossil plants appear to be in a state of plasmolysis, and these fossil cells bear a strong resemblance to laboratory-baked cells of extant plant tissues. Based on a comparison with extant material plus biophysical and biochemical analyses of the cytoplasm degrading process, a new hypothesis for cytoplasm preservation in nature is proposed： high temperature, a concomitant of commonly seen wildfires, may preserve cytoplasm in fossil plants. This hypothesis implies that fossilized cytoplasm should be rather common and an appropriate substance for research, unlike previously thought. Research on fossil cytoplasm closely integrates paleobotany with biochemistry, biophysics, as well as fire ecology, and invites inputs from these fields to paleobotany to interpret these provocative findings.     

A note on fructification of Plagiozamites Zeiller （Noeggerathiales） based on association

The fructification of the noeggerathialean foliage Plagiozamites is very likely a cylindric strobilus based on close associations from the Early Permian Lower Shihhotse Formation of Weibei Coalfield in Shaanxi and Dengfeng Coalfield in Henan. The strobilus is articulated. Sporophylls arise from the node, with the proximal parts slightly united and with a tight angle to the axis; distal parts upturned pointing upwards and nearly parallel to the axis, coveting the neighboring sporophylls of the next node. A sessile sporangium is situated at the adaxial side of each sporophyll. There are 12-16 sporangia and sporophylls in each node. This type of strobilus may have been identified as some sphenophyllalean/equisetalean cones in previous study.     

塔里木板块巴楚隆起区寒武系盐下勘探潜力分析

巴楚隆起区主体部位的寒武系多为典型浅水局限台地蒸发相、潟湖相沉积,因此不存在与柯坪地块露头区玉尔吐斯组类似的黑色优质烃源岩,仅为含石膏泥质白云岩或白云质泥岩型烃源岩。生烃和排烃过程发生于加里东晚期—海西晚期,储层以微晶白云岩为主,残余颗粒白云岩次之。理想勘探区块位于潟湖边缘斜坡带及后期构造作用较强的断裂带,下部烃源岩与下—中寒武统盐岩—石膏层构成良好的储—盖组合,具备油气成藏基本条件。以巴什托—先巴扎构造带与康塔库木构造带、古董山构造带—卡拉沙依构造带北段间夹区块、和田1井构造带最具优势勘探潜力。