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The earliest known Spongeliomorpha from the Lower Devonian of the northwestern Yangtze Platform, South China | |
Zhang, Xiaole1,2; Liu, Jianbo3; Wang, Yi1,2![]() ![]() | |
2020-08-01 | |
Source Publication | PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
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ISSN | 0031-0182 |
Volume | 551Pages:12 |
Abstract | Crustacean trace fossils provide invaluable information to paleobilogical, environmental and ecological interpretations in the Earth history. Here we report an unusually large (segments up to 58 mm across), three-dimensional burrow system from the Lower Devonian Pingyipu Formation, which was deposited in a nearshore setting on the northwestern Yangtze Platform, South China. The burrow system is dominated by horizontally-developed networks probably with vertical shafts connecting to the sediment-water interface. The burrow surfaces show no signs of lining but are characterized by scratches including ridges and bundles of ear-shaped striae, implying an assignation to Spongeliomorpha aff. S. chevronensis (Muniz and Mayoral 2001). The overall morphological and taphonomic features suggest permanent, open burrows, produced in a substrate with considerable firmness. Further investigation indicates that the burrow system may have been constructed by a colony of large, unknown crustacean with thoracic appendages decorated with acute seta or denticulations. They generally served a combined purpose of dwelling and perhaps feeding on microbial growth accumulating on the tunnel margins. These burrows represent the earliest known three-dimensional burrow systems constructed by a crustacean that may be comparable to their modern analogues in both morphological and functional aspects. The unusually large size of the burrows may have been favored by a higher atmospheric oxygen level during the Early Devonian. |
Keyword | Trace fossil Crustacean burrow Morphological reconstruction Agrichnion Oxygen level |
DOI | 10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.109772 |
Indexed By | SCI |
Language | 英语 |
WOS Keyword | FUNCTIONAL-MORPHOLOGY ; BALANOGLOSSITES MAGDEFRAU ; ANIMAL EVOLUTION ; TRACE FOSSILS ; MANTIS SHRIMP ; TROPHIC MODES ; BURROWS ; THALASSINOIDES ; ORDOVICIAN ; MIOCENE |
Funding Project | National Natural Science Foundation of China[41530103] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41521061] ; Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences[XDB26000000] ; State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences[20192112] |
WOS Research Area | Physical Geography ; Geology ; Paleontology |
WOS Subject | Geography, Physical ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary ; Paleontology |
WOS ID | WOS:000537682600012 |
Funding Organization | National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences ; State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
Publisher | ELSEVIER |
Document Type | 期刊论文 |
Identifier | http://ir.nigpas.ac.cn/handle/332004/31966 |
Collection | 中国科学院南京地质古生物研究所 |
Corresponding Author | Zhang, Xiaole |
Affiliation | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Nanjing Inst Geol & Palaeontol, State Key Lab Palaeobiol & Stratig, Nanjing 210008, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Ctr Excellence Life & Paleoenvironm, Nanjing 210008, Peoples R China 3.Peking Univ, Sch Earth & Space Sci, Paleontol & Stratig, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China |
First Author Affilication | Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeonotology,CAS |
Corresponding Author Affilication | Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeonotology,CAS |
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Zhang, Xiaole,Liu, Jianbo,Wang, Yi,et al. The earliest known Spongeliomorpha from the Lower Devonian of the northwestern Yangtze Platform, South China[J]. PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY,2020,551:12. |
APA | Zhang, Xiaole,Liu, Jianbo,Wang, Yi,&Xu, Honghe.(2020).The earliest known Spongeliomorpha from the Lower Devonian of the northwestern Yangtze Platform, South China.PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY,551,12. |
MLA | Zhang, Xiaole,et al."The earliest known Spongeliomorpha from the Lower Devonian of the northwestern Yangtze Platform, South China".PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY 551(2020):12. |
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