KMS Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeonotology,CAS
An assemblage of macroscopic and diversified carbonaceous compression fossils from the Tonian Shiwangzhuang Formation in western Shandong, North China | |
Li, Guangjin1,2,3; Chen, Lei (陈雷)1,5; Pang, Ke (庞科)2,3,4![]() | |
2020-08-15 | |
Source Publication | PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH
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ISSN | 0301-9268 |
Volume | 346Pages:26 |
Abstract | Macroalgae play a crucial ecological and biogeochemical role in modern marine ecosystems. Although eukaryotic algae have a deep history within the Precambrian, most pre-Cryogenian alga fossils are microscopic and macroalga fossils are poorly documented during this period. Here we report a well-preserved assemblage of macroscopic and diversified carbonaceous compression fossils from the Tonian Shiwangzhuang Formation in western Shandong, North China. This assemblage consists of seventeen distinct morphotaxa, including eleven macroalgae, showing remarkable taxonomic diversity that is more diverse than many other Tonian macrofossil assemblages all over the world. Three taxa from the Shiwangzhuang assemblage show evidence of simple multicellularity with two of them consisting of giant cells and comparable to giant-celled green algae, and seven taxa with diagnostic transverse annulations are likely coenocytic algae. The Shiwangzhuang assemblage indicates that some eukaryotic clades had achieved macroscopic growth through simple multicellularity or coenocytism, paving the way, either ecologically or phylogenetically, for the eventual appearance of complex multicellularity. In addition, there are some biostratigraphically significant genera, including the Chuaria-Tawuia and Sinosabellidites-Protoarenicola-Pararenicola assemblages, indicating a Tonian age for the Shiwangzhuang Formation. This study also suggests that the Tonian diversity of multicellular or coenocytic macroalgae is probably underestimated, pending for a systematic and thorough investigation of Tonian macroscopic carbonaceous compressions. Macroalgae may have an initial ecological expansion, at least locally if not globally, in the Tonian Period. |
Keyword | North China Tonian Shiwangzhuang Formation Carbonaceous compression Coenocytic algae |
DOI | 10.1016/j.precamres.2020.105801 |
Indexed By | SCI |
Language | 英语 |
WOS Keyword | ORGANIC-WALLED MICROFOSSILS ; PRECAMBRIAN BASEMENT ; MACKENZIE MOUNTAINS ; EDIACARAN ; ANNELIDOMORPHS ; EUKARYOTES ; DISCOVERY ; CRATON ; ALGAE ; BIOTA |
Funding Project | National Key Research and Development Program of China[2016YFC0601001] ; National Key Research and Development Program of China[2017YFC0603101] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41921002] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41502019] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41602007] ; Chinese Academy of Sciences[QYZDJ-SSW-DQC009] ; Chinese Academy of Sciences[XDB26000000] ; Chinese Academy of Sciences[XDB18000000] ; Shandong University of Science and Technology (SDUST) Research Fund[2015RCJJ009] ; Shandong University of Science and Technology (SDUST) Research Fund[2015YQJH102] ; Shandong University of Science and Technology (SDUST) Research Fund[2015TDJH101] ; Taishan Scholars Project ; State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy[20201102] ; State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy[173118] |
WOS Research Area | Geology |
WOS Subject | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary |
WOS ID | WOS:000561242000021 |
Funding Organization | National Key Research and Development Program of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Chinese Academy of Sciences ; Shandong University of Science and Technology (SDUST) Research Fund ; Taishan Scholars Project ; State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy |
Publisher | ELSEVIER |
Document Type | 期刊论文 |
Identifier | http://ir.nigpas.ac.cn/handle/332004/32213 |
Collection | 中国科学院南京地质古生物研究所 |
Corresponding Author | Chen, Lei (陈雷); Pang, Ke (庞科) |
Affiliation | 1.Shandong Univ Sci & Technol, Coll Earth Sci & Engn, Qingdao 266590, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Nanjing Inst Geol & Palaeontol, State Key Lab Palaeobiol & Stratig, Nanjing 210008, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Ctr Excellence Life & Palaeoenvironm, Nanjing 210008, Peoples R China 4.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 5.Pilot Natl Lab Marine Sci & Technol Qingdao, Qingdao 266061, 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 | Li, Guangjin,Chen, Lei ,Pang, Ke ,et al. An assemblage of macroscopic and diversified carbonaceous compression fossils from the Tonian Shiwangzhuang Formation in western Shandong, North China[J]. PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH,2020,346:26. |
APA | Li, Guangjin.,Chen, Lei .,Pang, Ke .,Zhou, Guangzhao.,Han, Chunmei.,...&Yang, Fengjie.(2020).An assemblage of macroscopic and diversified carbonaceous compression fossils from the Tonian Shiwangzhuang Formation in western Shandong, North China.PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH,346,26. |
MLA | Li, Guangjin,et al."An assemblage of macroscopic and diversified carbonaceous compression fossils from the Tonian Shiwangzhuang Formation in western Shandong, North China".PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH 346(2020):26. |
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