Clavate borings in a Miocene cetacean skeleton from Tarragona (NE Spain) and the fossil record of marine bone bioerosion

Belaústegui, Zaín; Gibert, Jordi M. de; Doménech, Rosa; Muñiz, Fernando Salmón; Martinell, Jordi

doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.01.031

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“…Gastrochaenolites is indicative of very shallow marine environments, intertidal-upper subtidal (Bromley and Asgaard 1993;Ekdale and Bromley 2001a;Wilson et al 2005;Carmona et al 2007;Checconi et al 2010;Bover-Arnal et al 2011;Caracuel et al 2011;Belaústegui et al 2012). Malpas et al (2005) regard this ichnogenus to be limited to waters of no more than a few metres deep.…”

Section: Trypanites-balanoglossites Ichnoassociation (Ia 4)mentioning

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Trace fossils from the Lower Muschelkalk of Raciborowice Górne (North Sudetic Synclinorium, SW Poland) and their palaeoenvironmental interpretation

Chrząstek¹

2013

Acta Geologica Polonica

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The following trace fossils have been recognised in the Lower Muschelkalk of Raciborowice Gorne (North Sudetic Synclinorium, SW Poland): Archaeonassa fossulata, Balanoglossites triadicus, ?Gastrochaenolites isp., Lockeia isp., Palaeophycus tubularis, Palaeophycus isp., ?Planolites beverleyensis, P. montanus, Planolites isp., ?Protovirgularia isp., Rhizocorallium commune var. auriforme, R. commune var. irregulare, R. jenense, Skolithos linearis, Thalassinoides suevicus and Trypanites weisei. Coprolites and an unidentified trace fossil A are also described. The trace fossils allow the discrimination of five ichnoassociations in the Raciborowice Gorne section: (IA 1) Rhizocorallium- Pholeus, (IA 2) Rhizocorallium-Palaeophycus, (IA 3) Thalassinoides, (IA 4) Trypanites-Balanoglossites and (IA 5) Planolites-Palaeophycus. The Lower Muschelkalk succession was deposited on a shallow carbonate ramp affected by frequent storms. Deposition commenced with sedimentation in a restricted lagoon on the inner ramp with a short episode of sabkha formation. It continued on the middle and outer ramp and then on a skeletal shoal of the outer ramp and in an open basin. Ichnoassociation IA 5 is related to a maximum transgression that commenced with the deposition of the Spiriferina Bed and which probably marked the opening of the Silesian-Moravian Gate. The basin underwent two shallowing episodes, as evidenced by ichnoassociations IA 3-IA 4, resulting in the formation of hardgrounds. Bathymetric changes in the Raciborowice Gorne section correspond well with a general transgressive trend in the Germanic Basin.

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Section: Trypanites-balanoglossites Ichnoassociation (Ia 4)mentioning

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Trace fossils from the Lower Muschelkalk of Raciborowice Górne (North Sudetic Synclinorium, SW Poland) and their palaeoenvironmental interpretation

Chrząstek¹

2013

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“…Skeletal fossils occur disperse in these fine‐grained units, mainly complete valves of the pectinid Amussium cristatum , delicate bryozoan colonies ( Metrarabdotos tarraconensis ) and isolated spatangoid echinoids. Cetacean bones have been reported from this unit (Belaústegui et al. 2011, 2012).…”

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A taphonomic approach to the genetic interpretation of clypeasteroid accumulations from the Miocene of Tarragona, NE Spain

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Martinell, J. 2012: A taphonomic approach to the genetic interpretation of clypeasteroid accumulations from the Miocene of Tarragona, NE Spain. Lethaia, Vol. 45, Clypeasteroid accumulations are common in Cenozoic shallow marine sediments, particularly in the Neogene, as they are also in analogue modern environments. In this article, four clypeasteroid accumulations from Miocene (Serravallian) shallow marine carbonates of the El Camp de Tarragona Basin (NE Spain) are studied. Two of them are dominated by flat-shaped Parascutella, whereas the other two consist exclusively of bellshaped Clypeaster. The combination of the taphonomic analysis of the tests, the palaeoecological and taphonomic information provided by the associated fossils, and the stratigraphical and sedimentological context of each one of these beds allows interpreting them as autochthonous ⁄ parautochthonous accumulations resulting from in situ reworking in moderate energy settings, except for one that constitutes a true sand dollar coquina deposited by a storm event. This contribution explores the potential of thorough taphonomic analysis of marine invertebrate skeletal concentrations and substantiates the importance of clypeasteroid echinoids as producers of shell beds in the Neogene. h

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“…1B). The outcrop exposes a well-developed coarsening-upward sequence in which basal calcisiltite levels gradually change to more and more coarse-grained calcarenite units (Belaústegui and Gibert 2009;Belaústegui et al , 2012. In particular, S. sinuosus occurs right on top of this sequence within a fineto-medium-grained quartzitic biocalcarenite overlain by 2 m of grey marls with rare sandstone intercalations.…”

Section: Middle Miocene Of the El Camp De Tarragona Basin (Ne Spain)mentioning

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Recurrent constructional pattern of the crustacean burrow Sinusichnus sinuosus from the Paleogene and Neogene of Spain

Belaústegui¹

2013

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Clavate borings in a Miocene cetacean skeleton from Tarragona (NE Spain) and the fossil record of marine bone bioerosion

Cited by 41 publications

References 56 publications

Trace fossils from the Lower Muschelkalk of Raciborowice Górne (North Sudetic Synclinorium, SW Poland) and their palaeoenvironmental interpretation

Trace fossils from the Lower Muschelkalk of Raciborowice Górne (North Sudetic Synclinorium, SW Poland) and their palaeoenvironmental interpretation

A taphonomic approach to the genetic interpretation of clypeasteroid accumulations from the Miocene of Tarragona, NE Spain

Recurrent constructional pattern of the crustacean burrow Sinusichnus sinuosus from the Paleogene and Neogene of Spain

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