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Discovery of phosphatized gastrula fossils from the Dou- shantuo Formation, Weng’an, Guizhou Province, China
  • 分类:Q914[天文地球—古生物学与地层学;生物学—古生物学]
  • 相关基金:This work was jointly sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 49872002);the State Science and Technology Commission of China (Grant Nos. 95-spcieal-03-3-3 and G99-A-05a); and the State Basic Research Development Project
中文摘要:

Globular fossils from Doushantuo phosphorites at the Weng’an area are for the first time identified as a gas-trulation stage of phosphatized embryos. They are got from the fossiliferous remains after acetic acid maceration. The fossils are found together with formerly reported animal resting eggs and embryos of the earlier cleavage stage. The oblate-shaped fossils with the same size as those reported embryos and invaginate at the middle part into the embryos, show the characteristics of the late blastula to the early gas-trula stage of the embryo development. This discovery convinces the existence of animal embryos at Doushantuo age and offers new facts for the studying of the affinity of related fossils, which are still controversial at present.

英文摘要:

Globular fossils from Doushantuo phosphorites at the Weng’an area are for the first time identified as a gastrulation stage of phosphatized embryos. They are got from the fossiliferous remains after acetic acid maceration. The fossils are found together with formerly reported animal resting eggs and embryos of the earlier cleavage stage. The oblate-shaped fossils with the same size as those reported embryos and invaginate at the middle part into the embryos, show the characteristics of the late blastula to the early gastrula stage of the embryo development. This discovery convinces the existence of animal embryos at Doushantuo age and offers new facts for the studying of the affinity of related fossils, which are still controversial at present.

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