Late Oligocene Kangaroo Well Local Fauna from the Ulta Limestone (new name), and climate of the Miocene oscillation across central Australia

The Late Oligocene Kangaroo Well Local Fauna from the Ulta Limestone (new name), northwestern Lake Eyre Basin correlates best with vertebrate assemblages from the Etadunna, Namba and Wipajiri Formations of the central Lake Eyre Basin, and from the Carl Creek Limestone (Karumba Basin) of northwestern Queensland. The biochronologically informative marsupials, Neohelos tirarensis (Diprotodontidae, Zygomaturinae), Marlu sp. cf. M. kutjamarpensis and Pildra sp. cf. P.magnus (Pseudocheiridae), and Ektopodon ulta sp. nov. (Ektopodontidae), indicate that the Kangaroo Well Local Fauna may be slightly older than the Kutjamarpu Local Fauna (Wipajiri Formation) and slightly younger than the Ngama Local Fauna (zone D of the Etadunna Formation) of Late Oligocene age. A new species of primitive ?Wynyardiidae, Ayekaye jaredi sp. nov., is described, and the nomenclature of two extinct gastropods, Glyptophysa rodingae (McMichael) and Cupedora Iloydi (McMichael) (new combinations), the type localities of which are in the Ulta Limestone, is revised in line with current taxonomy. The Ulta Limestone, an alluvial calclithite composed primarily of caliche fabrics, and its correlatives were deposited during the Miocene oscillation climatic event. Palaeoclimatic modelling using sedimentological data, crocodilians and extant analogs of fossil terrestrial gastropods indicates that the average annual temperature at Kangaroo Well during the Late Oligocene was probably between 14 and 20°C, while mean annual rainfall was probably <600 mm. Similar associations from central parts of the Lake Eyre Basin, from Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland, and from Bullock Creek, north‐central Northern Territory, indicate that such conditions were widespread during depositional phases of the Miocene oscillation. Palaeoclimatic indicators do not support the presence of widespread closed forests in northwestern Queensland and across the inland of the Northern Territory and South Australia during the Miocene oscillation.     

A Quaternary Timeline: a teaching tool for interpreting palaeoenvironmental, palaeoclimatic and archaeological change over the last 500,000 years

This short paper presents a case study for teaching elements of Quaternary Science to a non-specialist audience. A guided hands-on practical exercise in sedimentology and stratigraphy, palaeoenvironmental analysis and Palaeolithic archaeology was supported by the development of a ‘Quaternary Timeline’ chart, which introduces the concepts of changing climates and environments and characterises the broad expression of these changes in the terrestrial and fossil records. Using information from the practical exercises, the figure allows a step-by-step interpretation to be built up of past landscapes, including an understanding of the nature of fluvial responses to Quaternary climate change, a reconstruction of the contemporary flora and mammalian fauna and an analysis of the activities of early human populations.     

澄江动物群一种新的抚仙湖虫类节肢动物

描述抚仙湖虫类一新属双叶尾梁王山虫Liangwangshaniabiloba(gen etsp nov)。Li angwangshania与Fuxianhuia具有相同的体躯分化,但二者在头甲和尾甲的形状、躯体的分节数目等方面有明显差异。Liangwangshania对于诠释节肢动物早期体躯分化具有重要意义。     

辽吉下二台群、呼兰群中昌图动物群的发现及其意义

最近,在辽北—吉中下二台群、呼兰群中,发现了奥陶纪昌图动物群。昌图动物群与早寒武世清河镇动物群有密切的演化关系,化石得10属14种(其中3新属、9新种、2未定种)。昌图动物群的发现,对地层时代,奥陶纪生物地层,以及中朝扳块北侧构造地层地体地质演化研究,具有重要意义。     

Discovery of the Changtu Fauna in the Xia'' ertai and Hulan Groups in Liaoning and Jilin and Its Significance

The Ordovician Changtu Fauna is recently discovered in the Xia' ertai and Hulan Groups in northernLiaoning-central Jilin. The fauna, containing 10 genera and 14 species (including 3 new genera, 9 new speciesand an unidentified species), is closely related in evolution with the Early Cambrian Qinghezhen Fauna. Thediscovery of this fauna is significant to the study on the age of the strata, Ordovician biostratigraphy and geo-logical evolution of the tectonostratigraphical terrane on the northern margin of the Sino-Korean plate.     

胡氏贵州龙新生个体形态学特征

本文观察并测量了中三叠世拉丁期兴义动物群中的12件包含胚胎的胡氏贵州龙化石及已产出的49个幼体胡氏贵州龙标本;对成年个体与新生个体的体长、肱骨长、股骨长与眼眶长径的特定性状比率关系进行了统计分析;展示了成年个体、胚胎及幼年个体的特征差异,首次描述了胡氏贵州龙新生个体形态学特征;定量刻画了胡氏贵州龙新生个体的头骨、颈椎、背椎、荐椎、尾椎和四肢,获得了更完整、精确的解剖学信息。新材料揭示胡氏贵州龙新生个体的头骨平均长度为8.56mm,肱骨明显短于股骨,肱股比例为1∶1.09。头部呈饱满的三角形,吻部短而钝,眼眶大而圆,具有独特的狭长型上颞孔。此外,研究发现胡氏贵州龙的生产方式为胎儿头部首先从母体产道产出,同时新生个体的吻-臀距稳定在31.04~32.26mm这个数值范围内,且该数值的变动与母体大小无直接联系。本次研究为胡氏贵州龙的生殖方式、个体发育、特别是异速生长研究提供了新的材料。     

华北板块北缘东段泥盆纪伸展作用:来自辽北昌图碰撞后岩浆岩的证据SCIEI北大核心CSCD

华北板块北缘是研究古亚洲洋演化及其与华北克拉通北缘相互作用过程的关键地带,但其晚古生代特别是泥盆纪时期的构造演化一直存在争议,辽北地区出露的泥盆纪岩浆岩为解决这一科学问题提供了新的证据。本文以昌图地区新发现的祥子岭和夏家沟花岗质岩体以及红花店变流纹岩为研究对象,开展了岩相学、地球化学、年代学以及Lu-Hf同位素等研究,并对其岩石成因及构造环境进行了探讨。LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年结果显示,祥子岭黑云母二长花岗岩侵位年龄为389±2Ma,夏家沟二长花岗岩侵位年龄为377±7Ma,红花店变流纹岩年龄为385±2Ma,是泥盆纪岩浆活动的产物。这些岩石具有高硅(SiO_(2)=71.23%~77.39%)、富碱(K_(2)O+Na_(2)O=8.23%~10.25%),贫铁(FeO^(T)=1.17%~2.68%)、镁(MgO=0.01%~0.24%)、钙(CaO=0.40%~1.27%),以及准铝质-弱过铝质(A/CNK=0.84~1.03)的地球化学特征,并且富集Rb、Th、Pb和亏损Ba、P、Ti。结合较低的Zr+Nb+Ce+Y含量(109.4×10^(-6)~329.4×10^(-6))、10000×Ga/Al比值(0.57~3.59)和锆饱和温度(716~778℃),昌图泥盆纪岩浆岩表现出高分异I型花岗岩的特征。此外,样品的锆石ε_(Hf)(t)值皆为正值(6.4~14.6)且随着结晶年龄的年轻而显著升高,表明研究区泥盆纪岩浆岩是幔源基性岩浆与新生地壳再融熔体发生岩浆混合作用的产物,在岩浆演化过程中经历了结晶分离作用。结合区域资料分析,辽北昌图泥盆纪岩浆岩形成于伸展环境,与晚志留世末白乃庙弧与华北克拉通北缘发生弧-陆碰撞后的地壳伸展作用有关。     

双河洞中大熊猫-剑齿象动物群化石的发现

对贵州省境内的双河洞历次科考中发现的第四纪动物群化石进行初步研究和总结,认为目前对双河洞第四纪动物群研究尚处于起步阶段,化石的发现者都是洞穴科考专家,古生物知识相对欠缺且重视不够是洞穴化石研究进展缓慢的原因。为了加快双河洞第四纪动物群的研究进程,以今年中法联合科考过程中发现的大熊猫-剑齿象动物群化石为样本,采用ICP-MS铀系定年方法对这批大熊猫骨骼化石碳酸盐岩包裹物的年龄进行测试,结果表明该化石群化石距今6.75万年,初步判定此动物群可能生存于中更新世-晚更新世早期。这批哺乳动物化石及其地层信息将为贵州（尤其是黔北）第四纪的研究提供重要资料。      

飞云江、鳌江流域的淡水贝类

报告了 １９８４ 年在飞云江、鳌江流域淡水贝类的调查结果。标本经鉴定有 ４９ 种（含未定种 ５种）,其中腹足纲３２ 种（含未定种２ 种）,瓣鳃纲１７ 种（含未定种 ３ 种）。分析了该流域的常见种和偶见种,广生种和狭生种。探讨了该流域淡水贝类的分布区划和经济意义。     

甘肃的第四系

在全面系统分析、整理第四纪地层资料基础上，以岩石地层为基础，以古地磁、１４Ｃ、热释光测年资料为依据，以化石资料为参考，对更新统及全新统进行了岩石地层、磁性地层单位的对比和划分；重新厘定了一些地层单位的名称和含义；统一了各地层区的地层系统；建立并进一步完善了甘肃第四纪地层层序。确定了兰州、陇西及陇东地区黄土的开始沉积时间。对甘肃第四系的动物群及新构造运动的特征进行了论述。