早期真核生物进化的古色环境:来自加拿大托尼安麦肯齐山脉超群的见解,加拿大
Katie M Maloney1,2, Galen P Halverson1, Maxwell Lechte1
1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences/GEOTOP, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Geobiology
|May 3, 2024
概括
早期的多细胞藻类在托尼时期的无氧海洋条件下殖民浅海. 地化学数据表明,海洋氧化程度有限,直到8.5亿年前,影响了早期复杂生命的进化.
科学领域:
- 古海洋学是古海洋学.
- 地质化学 地质化学
- 古生物学的古生物学
背景情况:
- 的海洋环境 (1000-720万年前) 可能经历了与早期多细胞真核生物进化相关的氧化还原变化.
- 多细胞藻类殖民本土息地,充当生态系统工程师,可能有氧化海洋和重组生物地化学循环.
- 由于化石和地层学记录有限,这种宏藻扩张期间的古氧条件仍然不确定.
研究的目的:
- 在本土大藻扩张期间调查托尼亚近岸海洋环境的古老氧环境.
- 了解早期复杂生命的进化和多样化的环境背景,特别是宏观藻类.
- 检查早期真核生物生态系统进化和海洋氧化还原状态之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 来自麦肯齐山脉下部超级群 (加拿大尤肯州) 的多代理地质化学数据的分析,可追溯到大约. 在950-775万年前.
- 调查两个层级学横断,以约束古状况.
- 评估铁的物种化 (FeHR/FeT,Fepy/FeHR) 和对氧化还原敏感的微量金属丰富物.
主要成果:
- 地质化学数据显示,整个盆地的无氧 (铁质) 海洋条件,以高FeHR/FeT和低Fepy/FeHR比率为特征.
- 对氧化还原敏感的微量金属的有限丰富表明对氧化还原变化的反应被制,可能有季节性变化.
- 有证据表明,大藻类在 predominantly无毒海洋的浅水环境中殖民,几乎没有证据表明大约在ca. 850万年来. 这是什么?
结论:
- 藻巨藻的扩散发生在东尼早期的无氧海洋环境中.
- 大量的海洋氧化,对于动物的后来的出现是必要的,可能发生在大约. 850万年来. 这是什么?
- 这些发现为塑造早期复杂生命和海洋生物地球化学的环境条件提供了关键的见解.
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