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オルドヴィチクスのバージス・シェール型ファウナ
Peter Van Roy1, Patrick J Orr, Joseph P Botting
1Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, PO Box 208109, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA. peter.vanroy@yale.edu
Nature
|May 14, 2010
まとめ
ブルジェス・シェイルのような軟体動物は,モロッコでの新しい化石発見によって証明されるように,オルドビキア期まで存続しました. これらの発見は,カンブリア生物の絶滅と保存に関する以前の仮定に異議を唱える.
科学分野:
- パレオントロジー・パレオントロジー
- ストラティグラフィー ストラティグラフィー
- 進化生物学の進化生物学について
背景:
- 化石記録は,カンブリア中期以降,ブルジェス・シェール型の軟体動物が減少したことを示している.
- この衰退は,カンブリア紀の象徴的な分類体とその進化の軌道を理解することを制限しています.
- 以前の説明は,大規模な絶滅の出来事や,後期における保存の欠如を示唆していた.
研究 の 目的:
- カンブリア時代を超えたカンブリア型の軟体動物群の持続性を調査する.
- このような繊細な生物を保存する新しい化石遺跡を特定する.
- これらの発見が,大オルドビカ生物多様化イベントに及ぼす影響を理解する.
主な方法:
- 系統的な古生物学的フィールドワークと,下部と上部フェズワタ形成の化石収集,モロッコ.
- 発見された軟体化石集合体の詳細な分析,形態学と分類学的多様性に焦点を当てた.
- 化石を含む形成物のストラティグラフィック相関と年代測定.
主要な成果:
- 低オルドビカ期のフェゾウアタ層で,多様で豊富な軟体の化石集合体の発見.
- カンブリア紀の野生動物と典型的に関連付けられている多数の幹群形態の識別.
- バージス・シェール型生物群がカンブリア期以降も存在し,適切なファシウムで保存されていた証拠である.
結論:
- バージス・シェイルのタイプの軟体動物はカンブリア紀の終わりに完全に消滅しなかったが,下オルドヴィキヤン期まで存続した.
- フェゾウアタ生物群は,このようなファウナの保存は,絶滅の兆候ではなく,ファウナに依存していることを示しています.
- この発見は,カンブリアの生態系と,その後のオルドビキアの生命の放射,特に大オルドビキアの生物多様化イベントの間の重要なリンクを提供します.
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