Various microbial fabrics characterize late Moscovian mounds in Houchang Town,southern Guizhou,South China.The dominant components of the mounds are microbial boundstones with stromatolitic structures,irregular oncoid...Various microbial fabrics characterize late Moscovian mounds in Houchang Town,southern Guizhou,South China.The dominant components of the mounds are microbial boundstones with stromatolitic structures,irregular oncoid-like forms,and wrinkle structures.Calcimicrobes recognized in the mounds include Girvanella,Ortonella,Wetheredella-like,Palaeomicrocodium-like,and some problematic calcimicrobes occurring in deposits between microbial boundstones,in thrombolitic textures,and in some intraclasts.Microbial carbonates are common in the substrate and interior of the mounds,including thrombolitic textures,microstromatolites,microbial ooids,oncoids,irregular encrusted layers,microbial mat debris,and microbial micrite.Calcimicrobes and microbial carbonates played an important role in the construction of the mounds:Girvanella might have contributed as a source of lime mud that formed the mound and stabilized the coral frame;thrombolitic mats could trap and fix sediments and bioclasts,contributing to the stabilization of substrate and mound limestones;and,microbial boundstone,clotted micrite and micritized bioclast could provide a hard substrate for encrusting metazoans(e.g.,bryozoans,Ivanovia).The abundant microbial fabrics in the mounds indicate that microbial activity was widespread in Moscovian reef mounds in southern Guizhou,and this suggests that microbial organisms were the primary mound builders in the study area.展开更多
Abundant aggregated, elongate, shallow borings have been discovered from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation in western Liaoning, China. By contrast with several similarly-shaped trace fossils, such as Asthenopodich...Abundant aggregated, elongate, shallow borings have been discovered from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation in western Liaoning, China. By contrast with several similarly-shaped trace fossils, such as Asthenopodichnium, Teredolites,Rogerella, Cubiculum and Petroxestes, their appearance, size, arranged modes, distribution density and substrate types are most similar with traces of Petroxestes that was discovered from Southern Ohio, USA（J. Paleontol. 62： 306-08,1988）. This is the first report of Petroxestes from China, and also the first report of these traces from a terrestrial environment.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.41572004)
文摘Various microbial fabrics characterize late Moscovian mounds in Houchang Town,southern Guizhou,South China.The dominant components of the mounds are microbial boundstones with stromatolitic structures,irregular oncoid-like forms,and wrinkle structures.Calcimicrobes recognized in the mounds include Girvanella,Ortonella,Wetheredella-like,Palaeomicrocodium-like,and some problematic calcimicrobes occurring in deposits between microbial boundstones,in thrombolitic textures,and in some intraclasts.Microbial carbonates are common in the substrate and interior of the mounds,including thrombolitic textures,microstromatolites,microbial ooids,oncoids,irregular encrusted layers,microbial mat debris,and microbial micrite.Calcimicrobes and microbial carbonates played an important role in the construction of the mounds:Girvanella might have contributed as a source of lime mud that formed the mound and stabilized the coral frame;thrombolitic mats could trap and fix sediments and bioclasts,contributing to the stabilization of substrate and mound limestones;and,microbial boundstone,clotted micrite and micritized bioclast could provide a hard substrate for encrusting metazoans(e.g.,bryozoans,Ivanovia).The abundant microbial fabrics in the mounds indicate that microbial activity was widespread in Moscovian reef mounds in southern Guizhou,and this suggests that microbial organisms were the primary mound builders in the study area.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41172003 and 41572004)
文摘Abundant aggregated, elongate, shallow borings have been discovered from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation in western Liaoning, China. By contrast with several similarly-shaped trace fossils, such as Asthenopodichnium, Teredolites,Rogerella, Cubiculum and Petroxestes, their appearance, size, arranged modes, distribution density and substrate types are most similar with traces of Petroxestes that was discovered from Southern Ohio, USA（J. Paleontol. 62： 306-08,1988）. This is the first report of Petroxestes from China, and also the first report of these traces from a terrestrial environment.
