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Paleoecology of Late Carboniferous Phylloid Algae in Southern Guizhou, SW China
Author(s) -
Enpu GONG,
Yongli ZHANG,
Changqing GUAN,
SAMANKASSOU Elias,
Baoliang SUN
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
acta geologica sinica ‐ english edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.444
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1755-6724
pISSN - 1000-9515
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2007.tb00980.x
Subject(s) - holdfast , algae , thallus , carboniferous , paleoecology , reef , cladophora , reticulate , red algae , biology , paleontology , geology , botany , ecology , structural basin
Phylloid algae are important reef‐builders in the late Carboniferous. This paper focuses on the paleoecology of phylloid algae in the Late Carboniferous on well‐exposed reefs in Ziyun County, Guizhou Province. Phylloid algae growing closely packed are attached via holdfast or similar structure to substrate. They were growing in environments such as shallow water, photic zone and below the wave base with medium energy currents. They have a variety of morphological forms, such as single cup‐shaped, cabbage‐shaped and clustering cup‐shaped. The thalli are of certain tenacity and intensity. In the areas dominated by phylloid algae, other marine organisms are relatively scarce. Obviously, phylloid algae are stronger competitors for living space than other co‐occurring organisms.