华南地区湖南省芙蓉统(上寒武统)的古蠕虫骨片——个体生长对表皮骨片形态的影响.pdfVIP

北京大学学报 ( 自然科学版), 第 49 卷 , 第 4 期 , 2013 年 7 月 Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Pekinensis, Vol. 49, No. 4 (July 2013) Furongian (Late Cambrian) Palaeoscolecid Cuticles from Hunan Province, South China: the Growth Impact on the Worm Cuticle DUAN Baichuan, DONG Xiping† School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871; † Corresponding author, E-mail: dongxp@ Abstract Newly recovered palaeoscolecid cuticle fragments in 3-D preservation from the Furongian (upper Cambrian) of Hunan Province, South China are reported. Two form new genera and two form new species, Hunanoscolex campus gen. et sp. nov. and Ornatoscolex hunanensis gen. et sp. nov. are described. Most of the specimens are juvenile individuals. The great variation of annulus width in Hunanoscolex campus indicates growth of the worm, which allows us to examine the growth impact on the worm cuticle. The worm grows by adding more sclerites to each annulus. The spacing of plates in the same row gets looser. The new microplates and platelets remain constant in size and ornamentation but the ornamentation of plate may change. These observations give better understanding of the intraspecific variation of the worm cuticle, and may enhance the taxonomy accuracy of palaeoscolecid cuticle fragments. Key words palaeoscolecid; cuticle; growth; Hunan Province; South China; Wangcun Lagerstätte 华南地区湖南省芙蓉统(上寒武统)的古蠕虫骨片: 个体生长对表皮骨片形态的影响 段佰川 董熙平† 北京大学地球与空间科学学院 , 北京 100871; † 通信作者 , E-mail: dongxp@ 摘要 报道最近发现的华南地区湖南省芙蓉统(上寒武统)三维保存的古蠕虫骨片碎片。描述两个新的形态属 和两个新的形态种: Hunanosc