Discovery of the budding phosphatized globular fossils from the Neoproterozoic Doushantuo Formation at Weng' an, Guizhou Province, China

作者：Liu Pengju^*; Yin Chongyu; Tang Feng

来源：Progress in Natural Science, 2006, 16(10): 1079-1083.

• Neoproterozoic
• Doushantuo Formation
• globular fossil
• budding structure
• algae
• resting eggs
• embryos

There is much debate on biological affinities of the phosphatized globular fossils from the Neoproterozoic Doushantuo phosphorites at Weng'an, Guizhou Province. Here we report for the first time the budding structures of some of these globular fossils, which have previously been interpreted as the resting eggs and early cleavage embryos of metazoans. The budding structures are similar to the germinating tubes of the spore and zygote of living algae, suggesting that some globular fossils from the Doushantuo phosphorites bear affinity with algae. The present new information indicated various biological affinity of the phosphatized globular fossils from the Doushantuo phosphorites.

• 出版日期2006-10
• 单位中国地质科学院