KMS Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeonotology,CAS
The Internal Anatomy and Water Current System of Cambrian Archaeocyaths of South China | |
通讯作者 | Liang, Yue([email protected]) ; Zhang, Zhifei([email protected]) |
Wang, Jiayue1; Song, Baopeng1; Liang, Yue1; Liang, Kun2; Zhang, Zhifei1 | |
2024-02-01 | |
发表期刊 | LIFE-BASEL |
卷号 | 14期号:2页码:15 |
摘要 | Archaeocyaths are a group of extinct filter feeders that flourished in the early Cambrian period and occupied an important position in the evolution of basal fauna and the early marine ecosystem. However, the detailed morphological and anatomical information of this group are still unclear due to insufficient fossil material and limited experimental analyses. Here, we report exquisitely preserved phosphatized archaeocyathan fossil cups, ca. 515 million years old, from the top of the Shuijingtuo Formation (Series 2, Stage 3) and the Xiannudong Formation (Series 2, Stage 3) of the Yangtze Platform, South China. Detailed observation of their external morphology via scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and micro-computed tomography (Micro-CT) analysis revealed detailed information of their internal structure. They have a typical double-walled cup, with the perforated inner and outer walls concentrically distributed, but the structure between the two walls differs. The inverted cone-shaped cups have radially distributed septa between the walls. Perforated septa connect the two walls. The low and columnar cups have canals between the two walls, forming the network. These pores and cavities constitute an important component of the water current system (pumping and filtering water with a network of canals and chambers) and influence the process of filtration in the cup. In comparison to traditional thin-section analysis, the combination of SEM and Micro-CT analysis on phosphatized archaeocyaths presented in this study further explored the detailed internal structure and finely reconstructed the microscopic overall morphology and anatomy, which provide important information to help us understand the systematic taxonomy, anatomy, and morphology of archaeocyaths during the Cambrian period. |
关键词 | archaeocyaths morphology anatomy water current system lower Cambrian |
DOI | 10.3390/life14020167 |
收录类别 | SCI |
语种 | 英语 |
关键词[WOS] | PASSIVE FLOW ; FAUNA ; DEMOSPONGES ; DIVERSITY ; ERRATICS ; ISLAND ; REEFS |
资助项目 | National Key Research and Development Program of China ; Shaanxi Key Laboratory of the Early Life and Environments, Northwest University of Xi'an |
WOS研究方向 | Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics ; Microbiology |
WOS类目 | Biology ; Microbiology |
WOS记录号 | WOS:001170151800001 |
项目资助者 | National Key Research and Development Program of China ; Shaanxi Key Laboratory of the Early Life and Environments, Northwest University of Xi'an |
出版者 | MDPI |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://ir.nigpas.ac.cn/handle/332004/43437 |
专题 | 中国科学院南京地质古生物研究所 |
通讯作者 | Liang, Yue; Zhang, Zhifei |
作者单位 | 1.Northwest Univ, Dept Geol, State Key Lab Continental Dynam, Shaanxi Key Lab Early Life & Environm, Xian 710069, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Nanjing Inst Geol & Palaeontol, State Key Lab Palaeobiol & Stratig, Nanjing 210008, Peoples R China |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Wang, Jiayue,Song, Baopeng,Liang, Yue,et al. The Internal Anatomy and Water Current System of Cambrian Archaeocyaths of South China[J]. LIFE-BASEL,2024,14(2):15. |
APA | Wang, Jiayue,Song, Baopeng,Liang, Yue,Liang, Kun,&Zhang, Zhifei.(2024).The Internal Anatomy and Water Current System of Cambrian Archaeocyaths of South China.LIFE-BASEL,14(2),15. |
MLA | Wang, Jiayue,et al."The Internal Anatomy and Water Current System of Cambrian Archaeocyaths of South China".LIFE-BASEL 14.2(2024):15. |
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