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Earth Science Frontiers, Vol. 17, Special Issue, Aug. 2010 ISSN 1005-2321 eudoctenis and Cycadolepis occur rarely in the locali- ties of these formations. Among the caytonialeans it was revealed three species of Sagenopteris (S. mantellii (Dunk.) Schenk, S. phillipsii (Brong.) Presl., S. cf. petiolata Oishi). Ginkgoaleans, czekanowskialeans, bryophytes, horsetails, pteridosperms and plants of unclear affinity are rare. The taxa Coniopteris bella Harris, Cladophlebis toyoraensis Oishi and Dictyozamites nevolinae Voly- nets have been found only in beds of these two formations. These floral assemblages strengthen the case for a warm and moderately humid climate. Acknowledgements: The study was supported by the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences, grant No 09-1-P15-02. 206 Key words: Jurassic; Flora; Floral assemblage; Primorye region; Russian Far East References: Krassilov V.A., Shorokhova S.A. Triassic geofloras and some basic phytogeographical principles. In: Fossil floras in Far East. Vladivostok: DVNC AN SSSR, 1975: 7-16 (in Russian). Volynets E.B. New data on the age of the Monakino Unit from the Partizansk Basin, Primorie. Geology of Pacific Ocean, 1999, 14: 1007-1014. Volynets E.B. Flora of the Jurassic terrigenous complex. In: Triassic and Jurassic of the Sikhote-Alin. 2. Volcano-sedimentary complex, paleobiogeo- graphy, Vladivostok: Dalnauka, 2008: 175-185 (in Russian).
Earth Science Frontiers, Vol. 17, Special Issue, Aug. 2010 ISSN 1005-2321 Serpulid (Annelida, Polychaeta) Evolution and Ecological Diversification Patterns During Middle-Late Jurassic A.P. Ippolitov Geological institute of RAS, Pyzhevski lane 7, 119017, Moscow, Russia (E-mail: ippolitov.ap@gmail.com) Tube-dwelling polychaetes of families Serpulidae, Spirorbidae and Sabellidae are extremely widespread, but poorly studied group of Mesozoic fossils. The main problems with serpulid study are: 1) Unclear and complicated systematics on tube features, which can not be easily coordinated and corre- lated with modern systematics based on soft body features; 2) Punctuated stratigraphical distribution, in most sections numerous serpulids occur only at one specific level; 3) Unequal paleontological study of the group at different territories, absence of any knowledge/syste- matic descriptions for some areas. For the last decade the group attracts much atten- tion of the researchers, and numerous papers are published not only in taxonomy, but also in tube micro- structures. Thus, the study of serpulids gradually comes to a new level, and first aspects of evolution and paleoecology can be drawn by coarse dabs at the moment. The fact is that total biodiversity rapidly grows during the Mesozoic (there are about only 15 nominal species described from the Triassic, about 150 – from the Jurassic, and more than 200 – from Cretaceous deposits), and the most remarkable radiation took place during Middle-Late Jurassic. The author has studied about 70 locations with Jurassic and Berriasian serpulids in Central Russia and Crimea. It was shown, that the main abiotic factor, which defines the appearance of serpulid community, is the character of substrate-live (usually sponges, corals) or stagnant (belemnite rostra, concretions, ammonite shells, etc.). Communities at the same substrate, but with different stratigraphic position, consist of close species. Second principal parameter is hydrodynamics, serpulid communities in high-energy and low-energy sedimentary conditions are different in species composition. Comparison of similar sedimentary environment and substrate at different stratigraphic levels allows us to give some conclusions on evolution and ecology diversification in time, even when the fossil record is very scarce. The highest biodiversity of serpulid communities was documented in upper Berriasian of Crimea on sponges (33 species), and analogous community in lower Oxfordian contains only 14 species. Furthermore, in almost the same sections upper Berriasian Crimean communities on stagnant substrate it counts 20 serpulid species and in Jurassic (middle Callovian to lower Oxfordian, uncertain) – only 6 species. For Boreal sections of Central Russia this pattern is similar: Callovian complexes count about 8 species only, while in middle-upper Oxfordian there are about 12 species. Only few new generic taxa appeared in Berriasian and were absent in Jurassic. There is no significant diversification at the level of genera. However, studied Lower Jurassic locations do not yield numerous and variable serpulids, neither in the author’s collection, nor in literature. Thus it can be deduced that generic diversification possibly took place during Middle Jurassic, when principal ecological and morphological types formed, while during Middle-Upper Jurassic diversification took place at specific level. Phylo- genetic scheme at generic level is impossible to draw for the moment, since there is a “gap” in study for Lower Jurassic–lower Middle Jurassic serpulids. Moreover, Upper Cretaceous serpulid faunas of Europe, detaily described in works of M. Jäger (1983, 2004, and others), also do not contain principally new morphotypes and genera of serpulid tubes comparing with Jurassic and Berriasian faunas, possibly except for numerous Pyrgopolon species. The second fact is that tube morphotypes of different substrates are different, but in general features stable in time. The author has analysed all possible morphotypes of serpulid tubes and came to a con- clusion that all tubes can be described with several parameters, all having morpho-functional interpretation: regular/irregular, large/average/small, attached/partly detached/free, fast growing/slowly growing. On live substrates and deposits of reefal tail predominate small compact attached forms with tube diameter not wider than several mm (Metavermilia, Spiraserpula, Placo- stegus and many others), while at stagnant and stable substrates substrate large irregular slowly growing serpulids (like Propomatoceros/Parsimonia) form the basis of the community. Of course, there are also several forms which can be found on any kind of substrate, like sabellid Glomerula of serpulid Filo- granula spp. The diversification during Middle-Late Jurassic, anyway, is marked by the first appearance of Conorca morphotype and most ancient of spirorbids – representatives of Neomicrorbis – on live substrates (sponges). Recently it was shown by Taylor and Vinn (2007) that Paleozoic spiral spirorbis-like tubes are not relatives of modern Spirorbidae, which appeared 207
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