A Diverse Microfossil Assemblage from the Ediacaran–Cambrian Deep-Water Chert of the Liuchapo Formation in Guizhou Province,South China

作     者：Yan Zhang Shan Chang Qinglai Feng Shucan Zheng Yan Zhang;Shan Chang;Qinglai Feng;Shucan Zheng

作者机构：State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral ResourcesChina University of GeosciencesWuhan 430078China School of Earth SciencesChina University of GeosciencesWuhan 430074China College of Urban and Environmental SciencesHubei Normal UniversityHuangshi 435002China School of Architectural EngineeringHuanggang Normal UniversityHuanggang 438000China 

出 版 物：《Journal of Earth Science》 (地球科学学刊（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2023年第34卷第2期

页      面：398-408页

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学科分类：070903[理学-古生物学与地层学(含：古人类学)] 0709[理学-地质学] 07[理学] 

基　　金：supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41430101) 

主　　题：Liuchapo Formation Early Cambrian latest Ediacaran deep-water chert fossils paleobiology 

摘      要：The Ediacaran to Cambrian transition witnessed great biological and environmental turnovers from the Precambrian to *** changes are also reflected by the fossil records during that ***,the fossil distribution was highly *** diverse fossils were constantly found from the shallow shelf including restricted basins,reports from deep-water areas,which are characterized by chert-dominated formations straddling the Ediacaran-Cambrian boundary,were *** them was the Liuchapo Formation that has been considered *** this study,a fossiliferous assemblage was found from the Liuchapo Formation in east Guizhou Province,South *** assemblage comprises Palaeopascichnus jiumenensis,Horodyskia minor,multicellular algae that possibly related with red algae,cyanobacteria,sponge spicules,small shelly fossils,membrane structures of uncertain affinity,and fossils with structures resemble the Ediacaran *** and Horodyskia have been widely reported and abundant in the Liuchapo Formation and equivalents,while the others have seldomly,or never,been found from this formation or,more widely,the deep-water chert of transitional *** discovery not only contributes to the rare paleontological records preserved in deep-water sediments,but also expanded the geographic distribution of the fossils,providing new materials of biological diversity during this critical interval.