Significance of lignin and fungal markers in the Devonian (407 Ma) Rhynie Chert

干酪根 木质素 泥盆纪 地质学 植物 化学 生物 地球化学 古生物学 烃源岩 构造盆地
作者
Alex I. Holman,Stephen F. Poropat,Paul F. Greenwood,Rajendra Bhandari,Madison Tripp,Peter Hopper,Arndt Schimmelmann,Luke Brosnan,William D.A. Rickard,Klaus Wolkenstein,Kliti Grice
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期刊:Geobiology [Wiley]
卷期号:22 (4)
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DOI:10.1111/gbi.12616
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The Rhynie Chert (Lower Devonian, Scotland) hosts a remarkably well-preserved early terrestrial ecosystem. Organisms including plants, fungi, arthropods, and bacteria were rapidly silicified due to inundation by silica-rich hot spring fluids. Exceptional molecular preservation has been noted by many authors, including some of the oldest evidence of lignin in the fossil record. The evolution of lignin was a critical factor in the diversification of land plants, providing structural support and defense against herbivores and microbes. However, the timing of the evolution of lignin decay processes remains unclear. Studies placing this event near the end of the Carboniferous are contradicted by evidence for fungal pathogenesis in Devonian plant fossils, including from the Rhynie Chert. We conducted organic geochemical analyses on a Rhynie Chert sample, including hydropyrolysis (HyPy) of kerogen and high-resolution mass spectrometric mapping of a thin section, to elucidate the relationship between lignin and the potential fungal marker perylene. HyPy of kerogen showed an increase in relative abundance of perylene supporting its entrapment within the silicate matrix of the chert. Lignin monomers were isolated through an alkaline oxidation process, showing a distribution dominated by H-type monomers. G- and S-type monomers were also detected, preserved by rapid silicification. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons including perylene, a known marker for lignin-degrading fungi, were also concentrated in the kerogen and found to be localized within silicified plant fragments. Our results strongly link perylene in the Rhynie Chert to the activity of phytopathogenic fungi, demonstrating the importance of fungal degradation processes as far back as the Early Devonian.

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