四川省旺苍县沙溪庙组恐龙化石的发现及其沉积环境

    Discovery and sedimentary environment of dinosaur fossils from Shaximiao Formation in Wangcang County, Sichuan Province

    • 摘要: 四川省是我国重要的恐龙化石遗迹产地,长期以来的发掘工作发现了丰富的恐龙化石种属。2021年,在广元市旺苍县中侏罗统沙溪庙组上段发现了一组以蜥脚类恐龙为主,虚骨龙类、肉食龙类、剑龙、龟类等为辅的化石,为目前国内罕见的化石种群丰富、密集度大、分布集中的恐龙化石埋藏点。通过地质填图、剖面揭露、化石统计、微相分析等手段,综合分析了岩性组合、构造特征等因素,认为研究区的碎屑物源来自龙门山、大巴山、米仓山方向,沉积环境为三角洲平原亚相河道微相和河道间微相; 埋藏特征显示研究区内化石为异地埋藏,但未经过远距离搬运。旺苍县恐龙化石的发现再次证实四川盆地具有考察、研究和发掘恐龙化石的优越条件,研究可为深入研究四川盆地古环境与古生态变迁、盆地恐龙的系统演化提供参考。

       

      Abstract: Sichuan Province is an important producing area of dinosaur fossil sites in China, and a series of dinosaur fossils were discovered in this area for a long time. In 2021, another group of fossils dominated by Sauropods, together with the Coelurosaur, Carnivora, Stegosaurus and turtles, was found in the upper part of Shaximiao Formation of Middle Jurassic in Wangcang County of Guangyuan City. It is a rare dinosaur fossil burial site with rich population, high density and concentrated distribution in China. Through geological mapping, profile disclosure, fossil statistics, microfacies analysis and other means, the authors comprehensively analyzed the lithologic association, structural characteristics and other factors, and concluded that the clastics source is from Longmen Moutain, Daba Mountain and Micang Moutain, and the sedimentary environment belongs to channel and interchannel microfacies of delta plain subfacies. The taphonomy characteristics indicate that these fossils were heterochthonousburial, and had not been transported for long distance. The further discovery of dinosaur fossils in Wangcang County strongly suggest that it has an advantageous condition for investigation, research and excavation of dinosaur fossils, which could provide some references for the in-depth research of pale-environment, paleoecologic change, and systematic evolution of basinal dinosaur in Sichuan Basin.

       

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