PALEOZOOLOGY

正20140968Chen Xiaohong(Northeastern University,Shenyang 110819,China);Gong Enpu The Basic Characteristics of Early Carboniferous Coral Reef at Xiadong Village in Tianlin,Guangxi,and Its Sedimentary Environment(Acta Geologica Sinica,ISSN0001-5717,     

PALEOBOTANY

正20141605 Jin Peihong(School of Earth Science,Lanzhou University,Lanzhou 730000,China);Wang Zixi Early Cretaceous Fossil Plant from Qianliannaobao of Guyang,Inner Mongolia and Its Taphonomy Study(Gansu Geology,ISSN1004-4116,CN 62-1191/P,22(3),2013,p.19-27,1illus.,2tables,34refs.) Key words:floral studies,taphonomy,Inner     

辽西建昌盆地下白垩统义县组的划分及其介形类化石

以要路沟上平房-青石岩、上白庙-罗家沟和小郎家沟-三门店剖面为代表的建昌盆地义县组,自下而上分为5段：第一段主要为砂砾岩（要路沟层）;第二段为砂泥岩、页岩夹凝灰岩,其中包括上白庙层含Cypridea（C.）biventricostata-Yumenia luojiagouensis介形类亚组合带,罗家沟层产介形类Cypridea（C.）luanpingensis-Yumenia unidorsalta-Djungarica camarata亚组合带以及爬行类和鸟类等多门类化石,后狮沟里层以鱼类和介甲类化石为主;第三段岩性是中酸熔岩及其火山碎屑岩;第四段亦称前狮子沟层,以砂页岩为主,夹安山岩,含介形类Yumenia luojiagouensis-Jianchangella dorsicostata亚组合带;第五段为酸性火山岩.上述各层介形类亚组合统归该盆地义县组Cypridea（C.）biventricostata-Yumenia luojiagouensis-Djungarica camarata组合带,其时代属早白垩世早期.文中描述了介形类化石1新属7新种.     

寒武系底部宽川铺生物群中的卵裂胚胎过程:来自化石薄片的证据

陕南寒武纪早期宽川铺生物群中保存的大量磷酸盐化动物胚胎化石为古生物研究开辟了一个新领域。目前已报道了囊胚期之后不同发育阶段的胚胎化石标本,并且初步建立了从光滑球形胚胎化石Olivooides到带有瘤刺的锥体化石Punctatus的发育序列,而对卵裂期的胚胎化石却鲜有报道。基于通过醋酸浸泡获得的多枚卵裂期、囊胚期及原肠胚期的三维化石标本,加上应用岩石切片技术获得的卵裂期胚胎化石的切片标本,共同见证了从单个卵细胞(Olivooides)经卵裂到囊胚、原肠胚的完整胚胎发育序列。新化石材料的发现,不仅填补了宽川铺生物群中卵裂期胚胎化石的空白,完善了从单个卵细胞(Olivooides)经卵裂到囊胚、原肠胚,再到孵化的锥形幼体(Punctatus)的完整胚胎发育序列,而且通过与贵州瓮安生物群中卵裂期细胞胚胎化石及一些现生的低等动物卵裂期胚胎的对比,对揭示Olivooides胚胎的卵裂过程和特点,探讨其亲缘关系,以及后生动物的早期演化提供了新的化石证据。     

内蒙古科尔沁右翼中旗上侏罗统满克头鄂博组木化石新资料

报道了首次在大兴安岭中南段侏罗系火山-沉积地层中发现的木化石。化石产于内蒙古自治区科尔沁右翼中旗地区满克头鄂博组中酸性火山碎屑沉积岩中,经沈阳地质矿产研究所张武研究员详细鉴定,有5属3个已知种和2个未定种。对新发现木化石的主要特征进行了描述,讨论了木化石的时代。综合分析所发现化石的组合特征,认为其时代属中晚侏罗世。这些木化石新材料为大兴安岭地区上侏罗统地层区域对比提供了新的古生物资料依据。     

Quercus yangyiensis sp.nov.from the Late Pliocene of Baoshan,Yunnan and Its Paleoclimatic Significance

A new Quercus （Fagaceae） morphospecies is described based on well-preserved fossil leaves.The fossils were collected from Yangyi Formation of the Upper Pliocene at the Yangyi coalmine,Baoshan,western Yunnan,China.Details of the microstructure of mesophyll tissue are preserved because lithification of the fossils was not complete.The fossil laminas possess typical characteristics of Quercus sect.Heterobalanus：quite thick and coriaceous cuticle; secondary veins bifurcating near the margin in the middle and top of the leaf; and upper epidermis with adaxial hypodermis.Based on a detailed morphological and anatomical comparison with all living and fossil species of Quercus sect.Heterobalanus,the fossil leaves prove to be different in their sparse and garland-shaped multicellular trichomes on the lower epidermis,and so it is described as a new species Quercus yangyiensis He,Li et Sun sp.nov.The much sparser trichomes of our fossils compare well with those of living Quercus sect.Heterobalanus and indicate a more humid climate during the deposition of the Yangyi Formation in the Late Pliocene.     

四川洪雅联合地区芦山组地层的发现及生物组合特征

本文在四川洪雅联合向斜原白垩系灌口组地层中新发现了古近系芦山组地层,并详细描述了洪雅联合地区芦山组实测地层剖面。结合前人研究资料讨论了川西地区芦山组的空间分布、岩性组合特征及沉积环境。根据化石组合及分布规律,在芦山组地层中划分出一个介形虫组合带(Pinnocypris-Limnocythere-Ilyocypris组合带)和两个轮藻组合带(Gyrogona qianjiangic-Obtusochara jianglingensi组合带及Maedlerisphaera chinensis-Obtasochara brevicylindrica组合带),据此推断川西地区芦山组的地质时代为晚始新世-中渐新世。     

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987114000887

The increasing number of fossil pterosaur eggs sheds light on nesting environments and breeding be- haviors of these extinct flying reptiles. Here we report the first partial three-dimensional egg of the pterosaur, Pteroduustro guinazui, from central Argentina. The specimen was discovered from the same Albian deposits as the exceptional R guinazui embryo described in 2004. Microscopic characterizations indicate a pristine preservation of the 50 Bm thick calcium carbonate, which differs significantly from the soft shell of Chinese pterosaur eggs. Estimate of the eggshell conductance implies that the nest had a minimum moisture content of 75%. This moisture estimate, combined with geological and taphonomical data, suggests that P. guinazui may have adopted a nesting strategy similar to those of grebes and flamingos rather than being buried on land, as previously hypothesized. Moreover, our results demon- strate that the nesting paleoenvironment of this pterosaur species was closely linked to a mesohaline lacustrine ecosystem in a basin governed by regional tectonic subsidence, a setting characteristic for the feeding and reproduction of modern flamingos.     

Late Mesozoic Chresmodids with Forewing from Inner Mongolia, China (Polyneoptera: Archaeorthoptera)

Abstract: Three new species of Chresmodidae are described. They belong to two different genera: Chresmoda multinervis sp. nov., Chresmoda shihi sp. nov. and Jurachresmoda sanyica sp. nov.. A study of the forewing venation is provided. Longitudinal veins are mostly parallel; costal area is broad at the basal and narrowing distally; ScP is probably extending close to the wing apex; R is parallel at length to ScP; MA is running close to R, with two long parallel branches; MA branched-off basally; while MP is not branched until the middle of the wing. However, the important basal part of MP and CuP is poorly preserved. In addition, unique fringing hairs on the mid legs of C. shihi sp. nov. and J. sanyica sp. nov. are described and compared with Jurachresmoda gaskelli Zhang, Ren and Shih, 2008.     

Microelectrona cladara gen.et sp.nov.:A New Protodikraneurini from the Eocene Baltic Amber(Hemiptera:Cicadomorpha:Cicadellidae:Typhlocybinae)

<正>A new genus Microelectrona gen.nov.and species Microelectrona cladara sp.nov.of the extinct tribe Protodikraneurini of the leafhoppers(Cicadeilidae:Typhlocybinae) from the Eocene Baltic amber is described. The piece of amber containing leafhopper inclusion is broken,unveiling some of the morphological structures,and enabling their studies using scanning electron microscopy.