The graptolites studied here were collected from the Ashgillian Wufeng Formation in Wuning County, Jiangxi Province, which included 9 species of Dicellograptus, 2 species of Tangyagraptus and 1 species of Dicranograpt...The graptolites studied here were collected from the Ashgillian Wufeng Formation in Wuning County, Jiangxi Province, which included 9 species of Dicellograptus, 2 species of Tangyagraptus and 1 species of Dicranograptus . The polarity and states of 8 selected characters are analyzed based on the morphological features and stratigraphic sequences of the 12 species and a parsimonious cladogram is reconstructed by using the monothetic method proposed by Camin and Sokal. A phyloneny tree of evolutionary significance formed by adding a time_axis to the cladogram indicates that the Ashgillian Dicellograptus in the investigated area includes two independent evolutionary lineages starting to diverge as early as in the Caradocian and, within the main lineage composed of the dicellograptids with square or subsquare basal portion, two clades represented respectively by Dicellograptus complexus and D. turgidus mark the highest stage of the Ashgillian dicellograptid evolution.展开更多
The Upper Ordovician Xiazhen Formation in the Jiangshan-Changshan-Yushan （JCY） triangle area on the Zhejiang-Jiangxi provincial border, South China, is composed of a mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sequence representi...The Upper Ordovician Xiazhen Formation in the Jiangshan-Changshan-Yushan （JCY） triangle area on the Zhejiang-Jiangxi provincial border, South China, is composed of a mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sequence representing various shallow-water platform environments. Highly diversified and abundant heliolitid coral faunas are recognized in the formation and occur over time and space in certain stratigraphic horizons and various lithofacies. Heliolites has been studied using multivariate morphometric analysis applied to differentiate species and evaluate intraspecific and interspecific variations. Ten morphological characters quantified by examination and measurement from transverse and longitudinal thin sections and statistically tested allowed selection of effective characters to discriminate species. Results of frequency histograms, correlation analysis and principle component analysis indicated that certain characters would be suitable for cluster analysis, which were performed on principle component score matrices obtained from the raw data set coordinated with coralla by all those characters. Five major clusters at a relative distance of five on the resulting dendrogram of Heliolites are regarded as morphospecies thus making valid taxa： Heliolites tashanensis Lin and Chow, 1977; Heliolites caracolica （Lin and Chow, 1977）; Heliolites columella （Lin and Chow, 1977）; Heliolites waicunensis Lin and Chow, 1977; and H. sinensis irregularis Lin and Chow, 1977. The discrimination of these morphospecies by the cluster analysis is verified by discriminant analyses and descriptive statistics.展开更多
The Central Guizhou and Yichang Uplifts are present in central Guizhou to western Hubei. Biostrati-graphic evidences from more than 20 sections in 14 counties of this region provide the data about the duration of thes...The Central Guizhou and Yichang Uplifts are present in central Guizhou to western Hubei. Biostrati-graphic evidences from more than 20 sections in 14 counties of this region provide the data about the duration of these uplifts. Although this duration differs from locality to locality, it is mainly from Ashgillian to Rhuddanian. The uplifts result from a horizontally driven movement to the South China Paleoplate from an uncertain block in southeast. Global sea-level drop during the end of the Ordovician made the uplifts obvious, particularly the Central Guizhou Uplift.It might have emerged above sea level in the short interval between the Ordovician and Silurian.展开更多
文摘The graptolites studied here were collected from the Ashgillian Wufeng Formation in Wuning County, Jiangxi Province, which included 9 species of Dicellograptus, 2 species of Tangyagraptus and 1 species of Dicranograptus . The polarity and states of 8 selected characters are analyzed based on the morphological features and stratigraphic sequences of the 12 species and a parsimonious cladogram is reconstructed by using the monothetic method proposed by Camin and Sokal. A phyloneny tree of evolutionary significance formed by adding a time_axis to the cladogram indicates that the Ashgillian Dicellograptus in the investigated area includes two independent evolutionary lineages starting to diverge as early as in the Caradocian and, within the main lineage composed of the dicellograptids with square or subsquare basal portion, two clades represented respectively by Dicellograptus complexus and D. turgidus mark the highest stage of the Ashgillian dicellograptid evolution.
基金supported by grants to Prof.Dong-Jin Lee from the Korean Research Foundation
文摘The Upper Ordovician Xiazhen Formation in the Jiangshan-Changshan-Yushan （JCY） triangle area on the Zhejiang-Jiangxi provincial border, South China, is composed of a mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sequence representing various shallow-water platform environments. Highly diversified and abundant heliolitid coral faunas are recognized in the formation and occur over time and space in certain stratigraphic horizons and various lithofacies. Heliolites has been studied using multivariate morphometric analysis applied to differentiate species and evaluate intraspecific and interspecific variations. Ten morphological characters quantified by examination and measurement from transverse and longitudinal thin sections and statistically tested allowed selection of effective characters to discriminate species. Results of frequency histograms, correlation analysis and principle component analysis indicated that certain characters would be suitable for cluster analysis, which were performed on principle component score matrices obtained from the raw data set coordinated with coralla by all those characters. Five major clusters at a relative distance of five on the resulting dendrogram of Heliolites are regarded as morphospecies thus making valid taxa： Heliolites tashanensis Lin and Chow, 1977; Heliolites caracolica （Lin and Chow, 1977）; Heliolites columella （Lin and Chow, 1977）; Heliolites waicunensis Lin and Chow, 1977; and H. sinensis irregularis Lin and Chow, 1977. The discrimination of these morphospecies by the cluster analysis is verified by discriminant analyses and descriptive statistics.
基金This work was supported by the State Major Basic Research Project, MST, China (Grant No. G2000077700).
文摘The Central Guizhou and Yichang Uplifts are present in central Guizhou to western Hubei. Biostrati-graphic evidences from more than 20 sections in 14 counties of this region provide the data about the duration of these uplifts. Although this duration differs from locality to locality, it is mainly from Ashgillian to Rhuddanian. The uplifts result from a horizontally driven movement to the South China Paleoplate from an uncertain block in southeast. Global sea-level drop during the end of the Ordovician made the uplifts obvious, particularly the Central Guizhou Uplift.It might have emerged above sea level in the short interval between the Ordovician and Silurian.
