西峡晚白垩世恐龙蛋化石宏观矿物组成研究及意义

发现于河南省西峡盆地的恐龙蛋化石群产于白垩纪末期的典型红色粘土地层,因此该化石本身可能包含着当时地史时期全球或区域环境灾变记录。利用显微镜观察恐龙蛋的表观特征;利用XRD和XRF研究发现蛋内外粘土的成分极其相似,进而推断西峡恐龙蛋化石蛋腔内的物质源于蛋腔外部;通过扫描电镜/能谱分析发现蛋壳表面存在裂纹现象,同时在蛋体内发现了针铁矿、铜锌氧化物、硫酸钡、氧化硅等颗粒,并对其形成和来源给出了适当的解释。并基于实验结果对K/E转折时期的环境灾变机理进行了初步探讨。     

武汉东湖沉积物中轮虫休眠卵的分布

报道了１９９２年８月￣１９９３年７月间武汉东湖营养类型不同的３个湖区沉积物中轮虫休眠的卵数量和分布。不论湖区营养类型如何,沉积物中的休眠卵数量均呈“Ｖ”形垂直分布,表层高,底层低,由表向底数量逐渐递减。在３个湖区中,休眠卵的数量随水体营养水平的增高而增加。营养水平最高的Ⅰ站其休眠卵数量年平均为１．３２个／ｃｍ＾３,营养水平较低的Ⅱ、Ⅲ站分别为０．７４个／ｃｍ＾３、０．７１个／ｃｍ＾３。休眠卵的数量     

中国西南攀西地区下侏罗统益门组蜥脚类足迹:分类学与潜在的造迹者

恐龙足迹和骨骼的记录往往出现在不同的地区。然而,一些地层显示了关系紧密的骨骼和足迹,它们都指向同一个来源。报道了来自四川省攀西地区会理县通安镇通保村下侏罗统益门组中上部的蜥脚类足迹(雷龙足迹Brontopodus),其地理和地层归属均与真蜥脚类的何氏通安龙极为接近。通保足迹与造迹者的关联是可能的,但目前还需要更多的证据。通保的雷龙足迹是攀西地区首次发现侏罗纪的蜥脚类足迹,这也表明,在早侏罗世,原始蜥脚类和基干蜥脚型类共存于中国西南地区。     

A New Family of Sauropod Dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Tianzhen, Shanxi Province, China

A new gigantic sauropod, Huabeisaurus allocates gen. et sp. nov., about 20 m in length and 5 m in height, was discovered in the Upper Cretaceous Huiquanpu Formation, Tianzhen County, Shanxi Province. It is notably different from Diplodocidae, Titanosauridae and Nemegtosauridae in the following aspects: the teeth are strong, peg-like with a length ratio of the tooth crown to tooth root at about 3 to 1; the cervical vertebrae are long with forked spines; the spines in dorsal vertebrae are relatively high, unbifiarcated; the caudal vertebrae are amphicoelous, with anterior neural spines and unbifurcated spines and chevrons; the femur is straight and long, narrow and flat and the tibia and fibula are long and flat. These characters show that the described genus should represent a new family, Huabeisauridae fam. nov. The discovery enriches the sauropod dinosaur record in China, and is quite significant to the study of the taxonomy, evolution, migration, extinction and palaeobiogeographic provincialism of the     

温度、盐度对斑点鳟发眼卵孵化的影响

为了确定斑点鳟(Oncorhynchus mykiss)发眼卵孵化的适宜温度、盐度条件,作者通过设置不同的孵化温度和盐度,研究了温度、盐度对斑点鳟发眼卵孵化的影响。结果表明,发眼卵孵化的适宜温度范围为8~16℃,孵化率都在(73.33±2.04)%以上,最适温度为10℃,孵化率达(87.77±1.23)%。温度高于24℃时发眼卵不能孵化。温度在6~22℃内,斑点鳟发眼卵孵化时间与温度成负相关关系。斑点鳟胚胎发育的平均积温值为343℃?d。发眼卵孵化的适宜盐度范围为0~15,孵化率都在(85.33±1.92)%以上,最适盐度为0,孵化率达(97±1.13)%。盐度高于15时的孵化率为0。盐度在0~15内,发眼卵孵化时间与盐度成正相关关系。     

华东白垩纪暴龙类恐龙蛋化石的新发现

华东地区虽然迄今没有发现可靠的暴龙类恐龙骨骼化石,但近年在浙江天台白垩纪赤城山组地层中发现了白垩纪巨型暴龙类恐龙产的西峡巨型长形蛋（Macroelongatoolithus xixiaensis）化石。因暴龙类恐龙目前在系统分类上被归入兽足亚目（Theropoda）暴龙超科（Tyrannosauroidea）暴龙科（Tyrannosauridae）,建议巨型长形蛋化石也可采用相应分类方法,归入长形蛋化石亚目（Elongatoolithineae）巨型长形蛋化石超科（Macroelongatoolithoidea）巨型长形蛋化石科（Macroelongatoolithidae）,以便对应研究。这些蛋究竟是哪一种暴龙类恐龙所产？从目前掌握资料分析,在东亚的暴龙类恐龙属种中,冠龙和帝龙个体较小,成年体长分别仅约3m和1．6m,年代更早,分别为约160Ma和130Ma,基本上可以排除在外。鹰龙和分支龙成年体长5m～6m,还不能算巨型暴龙类恐龙。只有体长达10m,甚至更大的特暴龙,似乎最有可能产下这样的巨型长形蛋。但特暴龙迄今已知的化石层位时代为晚白垩世末期的Maastrichtian期（71Ma～65Ma）,而浙江的巨型长形蛋的年代则是晚白垩世早期的Turonian期（约92Ma）。这样就存在两种可能,或许是特暴龙的生存年代要上溯到约92Ma,或许这种巨型长形蛋是另一种目前尚不为人知的,生存年代在约92Ma的巨型暴龙类恐龙所产。此外,根据这些蛋化石的外形特征及其在巢穴里的分布方式可以推测,这种暴龙类恐龙,具有功能双输卵管系统,每次产卵2枚,蛋在巢穴里呈2个一组放射状排列。其蛋壳并非刚性的硬壳,而是具有一定韧性的厚牛皮纸状外壳,在重力作用下变形呈扁的长椭球形。     

Resting stages of Tortanus forcipatus (Crustacea, Calanoida) in sediments of Victoria Harbor, Hong Kong

The distribution and abundance of viable and non-viable (so-called resting eggs) embryos of the calanoid copepod Tortanus forcipatus were determined in the laboratory by the enumeration of nauplii that emerge from sediments collected in Victoria Harbor (Hong Kong). Sediment cores sliced down to a depth of 37 cm showed the highest number of viable resting eggs near the surface layer (0–5 cm). The number of viable eggs sharply decreased with sediment depth, particularly at the inner harbor stations, although diapause eggs remained viable as deep as 25 cm. ²¹⁰Pb analyses of the sediments indicated that the mean egg age was 4.9 years. The egg mortality of T. forcipatus in the sediments was 0.135 year⁻¹, or 78.22% annual egg survival, calculated by regressing ln (egg density) from sediment age. The range of horizontal distribution of viable resting eggs was 24.25 × 10³–58.90 × 10³ m⁻², with a mean value of 36.8 × 10³ m⁻² over all stations. The accumulation of viable resting eggs that can persist for an extended period of time provided evidence for the existence of an egg bank of T. forcipatus in the sediments of Victoria Harbor.     

Evolution of Dentary Diastema in Iguanodontian Dinosaurs

The dentary diastema of iguanodontians has been considered to be related to its unique jaw mechanism for herbivorous adaptation.The dentary and diastema lengths of iguanodontians were measured and compared to elucidate the evolution of iguanodontian diastema.A gap in ratios between most non-hadrosaurid iguanodontians and hadrosaurids was observed,suggesting that all non- hadrosaurid iguanodontians,expect for Ouranosaurus nigeriensis and Protohadros byrdi,lack a diastema or have a short diastema,although ...     

四川开江恐龙骨骼化石矿物组分分离和微量元素组合的研究

文章详述了恐龙骨骼化石矿物组分的化学分离方法,同时对开江恐龙骨骼化石样品进行了分离和中子活化分析,通过对测试结果进行生物地球化学的对比研究.发现恐龙骨骼化石中某些微量元素异常明显,并推断其中的砷(As)、铬(Cr)、铷(Rb)的高异常含量和锌(Zn)的低异常含量极有可能是导致开江恐龙动物群集群死亡的原因之一。     

长江口及其邻近水域鱼卵、仔鱼的种项组成与分布特征

鱼卵、仔鱼作为海洋生物的被捕食者、捕食者,不仅种类多,而且数量大,常是研究海洋生态系统重要的组成部分.通过对鱼卵、仔鱼的调查研究,可了解和掌握鱼类产卵场和产卵期,确定中心渔场的位置和寻找产卵鱼群,鱼卵仔鱼尚决定着资源的补充,从而为资源量的估算提供理论基础.