DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12133
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84930764925
论文题名: Reconstructing a Carboniferous inferred coral-alcyonarian association using a biomineralogical approach
作者: Coronado I. ; Fernández-Martínez E. ; Rodríguez S. ; Tourneur F.
刊名: Geobiology
ISSN: 1472-4677
EISSN: 1472-4669
出版年: 2015
卷: 13, 期: 4 起始页码: 340
结束页码: 356
语种: 英语
Scopus关键词: biomineralization
; Carboniferous
; chemical composition
; coral
; crystal structure
; epibiont
; eukaryote
; fossil record
; microstructure
; morphology
; paleontology
; petrography
; reconstruction
; taxonomy
; Morocco
; Spain
; Alcyonaria
; Anthozoa
; anatomy and histology
; animal
; Anthozoa
; atomic force microscopy
; classification
; evolution
; fossil
; Morocco
; scanning electron microscopy
; Spain
; symbiosis
; ultrastructure
; Animals
; Anthozoa
; Biological Evolution
; Fossils
; Microscopy, Atomic Force
; Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
; Morocco
; Spain
; Symbiosis
Scopus学科分类: Earth and Planetary Sciences: General Earth and Planetary Sciences
; Environmental Science: General Environmental Science
; Agricultural and Biological Sciences: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematic
英文摘要: The taxonomic assignation and ecological implications of the genus Syringoalcyon Termier & Termier, 1945 have been a palaeontological problem for a long time. Carboniferous material from Morocco and Spain has been studied using a biomineralogical approach by means of petrographic microscopy, SEM, AFM, EMPA and CIP microscopy analysis. Detailed morphological, structural, chemical composition and crystallographic data enable a deeper understanding of the nature of Syringoalcyon. The coral walls and the so-called epithecal scales exhibit conspicuous differences in microstructure (lamellae and holacanthine fibres in the coral vs. single crystal in scales), nanostructure (pill-shaped vs. granule-shaped nanocrystals), composition (LMC vs. HMC) and crystallographic orientation. The results of these analyses imply that Syringoalcyon is an association between the tabulate coral Syringopora and an epibiont. They also suggest that the epibiont was an alcyonarian (a rare occurrence in the fossil record) that was attached to the syringoporoid. This work highlights the utility of the biomineralizational approaches for solving palaeontological problems, such as systematic affinities, and for advancing knowledge of the evolution of biocrystallization processes. © 2015 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/85151
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作者单位: Departamento de Paleontología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid, Spain; Departamento de Geografía y Geología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Universidad de León, León, Spain; Instituto de Geociencias (IGEO. CSIC-UCM), Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid, Spain; Pierres et Marbres de Wallonie, Naninne, Belgium
Recommended Citation:
Coronado I.,Fernández-Martínez E.,Rodríguez S.,et al. Reconstructing a Carboniferous inferred coral-alcyonarian association using a biomineralogical approach[J]. Geobiology,2015-01-01,13(4)