ディスコ状の痕跡と痕跡状の化石は1億2千万年以上前のものです
Birger Rasmussen1, Stefan Bengtson, Ian R Fletcher
1Centre for Global Metallogeny, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia. brasmussen@geol.uwa.edu.au
まとめ
オーストラリアの化石.
科学分野:
- パレオントロジー・パレオントロジー
- ジオクロノロジー (Geochronology) について
- 堆積地質学 堆積地質学とは
背景:
- オーストラリア南西部のスターリング・レンジ・フォーメーションには,ディスク状の印と痕跡のような化石が含まれています.
- これらの化石は以前は,エディアカラン生物群 (600万年未満) に属していた.
研究 の 目的:
- ジオクロノロジカル・メソッドを用いて,スターリング・レンジ・フォーメーションの正確な年代測定を図る.
- ディスコイドの痕跡と痕跡化石の生物学的起源と年齢を再評価する.
主な方法:
- U-Th-Pbジオクロノロジーは,デトリタルジルコンとモナサイトで実施されました.
- 低品質の変形モナサイトも分析した.
主要な成果:
- ジオクロノロジーは,形成の堆積年齢を2016年±6年から1215年±2千万年との間に制限しました.
- 化石の痕跡は,生物学的,粘液産生,そして動く生物の存在を示しています.
結論:
- ディスコ状の印は,以前考えられていたよりもかなり古く,エディアカラン生物群より前のものです.
- 印の非生物学的起源は可能だが,痕跡化石は古代の虫型生物による生物学的活動を確認している.
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