This is a brief report of a new occurrence of eocrinoids from the Early Cambrian Wulongqing Formation in Yunnan, China. The eocrinoids from the Guanshan fauna are among the earliest known eocrinoids. Different from ma...This is a brief report of a new occurrence of eocrinoids from the Early Cambrian Wulongqing Formation in Yunnan, China. The eocrinoids from the Guanshan fauna are among the earliest known eocrinoids. Different from many other Early and Middle Cambrian eocrinoids, the Guanshan eocrinoids are char-acterized by the absence of sutural pores and epispires, the long and spiral brachioles, the extremely long stalk, and the ratio of the length of the stalk versus that of the calyx. The discovery of the eocri-noids from the Guanshan fauna not only provides new information to the investigation of the early evolution of this animal group, but also shed new light on the occurrence and migration of early eocrinoids.展开更多
Cambrian echinoderms,especially eocrinoids,have been reported recently from Guizhou and Yunnan provinces of China,such as the Kaili,Balang,and Guanshan faunas.The present paper reports abundant well-preserved eocrinoi...Cambrian echinoderms,especially eocrinoids,have been reported recently from Guizhou and Yunnan provinces of China,such as the Kaili,Balang,and Guanshan faunas.The present paper reports abundant well-preserved eocrinoids from the Cambrian Mantou Formation of Dalian,Liaoning Province.This new discovery provides additional data on the early evolution of Echinodermata.It also gives us a clue as to where to seek the Cambrian soft-bodied fauna on the margin of the North China Platform.展开更多
报道在滇东南寒武系田蓬组中发现的保存完整的始海百合类棘皮动物化石,经鉴定为卢氏中国始海百合Sinoeocrinus lui Zhao,Huang and Gong。该棘皮动物与三叶虫化石Kaotaia magna(Lu),Oryctocephalus indicus(Reed)等共生,其时代应属于寒...报道在滇东南寒武系田蓬组中发现的保存完整的始海百合类棘皮动物化石,经鉴定为卢氏中国始海百合Sinoeocrinus lui Zhao,Huang and Gong。该棘皮动物与三叶虫化石Kaotaia magna(Lu),Oryctocephalus indicus(Reed)等共生,其时代应属于寒武系第三统第五阶底部,与贵州中寒武世凯里生物群相当。田蓬组始海百合化石保存有完好的柄、萼、腕等构造,属于典型的特异埋藏。滇东南寒武系始海百合的发现对探讨该类动物的早期演化、古地理分布和生态环境,以及在滇东南地区寻找布尔吉斯页岩型动物群都有着重大意义。展开更多
基金Supported by the Major Basic Research Project of Ministry of Science and Technol-ogy of China (Grant No. 2002CCA03300)the State Key Laboratory of Palaeo-biology and Stratigraphy (Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, CAS) (Grant No. 053110)
文摘This is a brief report of a new occurrence of eocrinoids from the Early Cambrian Wulongqing Formation in Yunnan, China. The eocrinoids from the Guanshan fauna are among the earliest known eocrinoids. Different from many other Early and Middle Cambrian eocrinoids, the Guanshan eocrinoids are char-acterized by the absence of sutural pores and epispires, the long and spiral brachioles, the extremely long stalk, and the ratio of the length of the stalk versus that of the calyx. The discovery of the eocri-noids from the Guanshan fauna not only provides new information to the investigation of the early evolution of this animal group, but also shed new light on the occurrence and migration of early eocrinoids.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (40872010)the Key Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (KZZD-EW-02)
文摘Cambrian echinoderms,especially eocrinoids,have been reported recently from Guizhou and Yunnan provinces of China,such as the Kaili,Balang,and Guanshan faunas.The present paper reports abundant well-preserved eocrinoids from the Cambrian Mantou Formation of Dalian,Liaoning Province.This new discovery provides additional data on the early evolution of Echinodermata.It also gives us a clue as to where to seek the Cambrian soft-bodied fauna on the margin of the North China Platform.
文摘报道在滇东南寒武系田蓬组中发现的保存完整的始海百合类棘皮动物化石,经鉴定为卢氏中国始海百合Sinoeocrinus lui Zhao,Huang and Gong。该棘皮动物与三叶虫化石Kaotaia magna(Lu),Oryctocephalus indicus(Reed)等共生,其时代应属于寒武系第三统第五阶底部,与贵州中寒武世凯里生物群相当。田蓬组始海百合化石保存有完好的柄、萼、腕等构造,属于典型的特异埋藏。滇东南寒武系始海百合的发现对探讨该类动物的早期演化、古地理分布和生态环境,以及在滇东南地区寻找布尔吉斯页岩型动物群都有着重大意义。