New Data on the Upper Ediacaran Microbiota of Zuun-Arts (Zavkhan Terrane, Western Mongolia)
- Authors: Petrov P.Y.1, Vorob’eva N.G.1, Ragozina A.L.2
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Affiliations:
- Geological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
- Borissiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
- Issue: No 4 (2024)
- Pages: 3-18
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0031-031X/article/view/280340
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S0031031X24040014
- EDN: https://elibrary.ru/SEIEFK
- ID: 280340
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Abstract
The microfossils and problematica from the Upper Ediacaran deposits of the Zuun-Arts Formation of the Zavkhan terrane of Western Mongolia are considered. For the first time, various organic remains preserved in mineralized and organic-clay taphocenoses have been described from these deposits. Numerous tubular microfossils are interpreted as remains of the sheaths of the giant sulfide-oxidizing Thioploca bacteria Candidatus Marithioploca araucae. Autochthonous and allochthonous components of microbiota were identified, and the putative facies-ecological structure of the paleobasin was analyzed.
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About the authors
P. Y. Petrov
Geological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
Author for correspondence.
Email: petrov-geo-home@rambler.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119017
N. G. Vorob’eva
Geological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: keltma@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 119017
A. L. Ragozina
Borissiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: petrov-geo-home@rambler.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 117647
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