考利尼特会在未被埋葬的中诱导快速的异性矿物化
Nora Corthésy1, Farid Saleh1, Jonathan B Antcliffe1
1Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Lausanne, Géopolis, Lausanne, CH-1015 Switzerland.
概括
化石的特殊保存可以通过酸膜迅速发生,即使没有立即埋葬. 这一发现挑战了即时埋葬对于保存古代形态学来说总是必要的观点.
科学领域:
- 古生物学的古生物学
- 地质化学 地质化学
- 实验性的塔诺米.
背景情况:
- 软组织化石对于理解过去的生态系统和进化至关重要.
- 对古代形态学的准确解释依赖于了解衰变和矿化过程.
- 特殊的保存通常意味着快速埋葬,保存精细的解剖细节.
研究的目的:
- 研究海洋和淡水的初始衰变和化石化过程.
- 实验测试粘土基质在早期化石化中的作用.
- 为了确定是否可以在埋葬前在尸体表面发生快速矿化.
主要方法:
- 实验设置,用尸放在高酸粘土床上.
- 低温扫描电子显微镜 (Cryo-SEM) 用于高分辨率成像.
- 分析矿物质形成及其对皮层保存的影响.
主要成果:
- 在考利尼特实验中,在皮上观察到新形成的酸薄膜.
- 这些膜稳定了的整体形态.
- 这代表了第一个关于关节动物轻微生物矿物化的结构在死亡后不久形成的实验证据,没有埋葬.
结论:
- 酸矿化可以长时间保存尸体上的外部解剖信息.
- 特殊的保存可能不需要立即埋葬,因为表面矿化可以稳定遗骸.
- 这挑战了传统的语音学模型,这些模型强调快速埋葬,以获得特殊的化石保存.
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