Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 101, Issue 2 |
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Endichnial burrows are most common , including traces that resemble the genera
Ophiomorpha , Thalassinoides , Diplocraterion , Skolithos , and Fascifodina .
Hypichnial traces on the sole of one sandstone are tentatively identified as ...
Endichnial burrows are most common , including traces that resemble the genera
Ophiomorpha , Thalassinoides , Diplocraterion , Skolithos , and Fascifodina .
Hypichnial traces on the sole of one sandstone are tentatively identified as ...
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Interpretation The vermiform traces described above resemble lower parts of the
ichnogenus Fascifodina , the upper parts of which , including the master - shaft ,
have been removed by erosion ( cf. Häntzschel 1975 : W63 , fig . 3 ) . Fascifodina
...
Interpretation The vermiform traces described above resemble lower parts of the
ichnogenus Fascifodina , the upper parts of which , including the master - shaft ,
have been removed by erosion ( cf. Häntzschel 1975 : W63 , fig . 3 ) . Fascifodina
...
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Fascifodina ) . The extensive bioturbation that occurred probably indicates long -
term burrowing in a low - energy environment in which ichnocoenoses were
seldom displaced . Bedding traces formed here would have a very low
preservation ...
Fascifodina ) . The extensive bioturbation that occurred probably indicates long -
term burrowing in a low - energy environment in which ichnocoenoses were
seldom displaced . Bedding traces formed here would have a very low
preservation ...
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abbreviated animals anoxic appear areas author's name authors base bedding surface bioturbated branching burrows Cape capital Chondrites circulation cm Fig colonization contain correlation Cruziana Cruziana ichnofacies model dark pyritic deposited depositional environment described Description designated diameter Diplocraterion energy environment epeiric sea example facies Fascifodina Figure follow formed Frey & Pemberton Häntzschel 1975 horizontal hypersaline conditions illustrations indicate individual Interpretation interval italics known letters lining marking MUD AND SAND mudrock Note occur Ophiomorpha organisms origin parentheses Pemberton 1984 Photograph Planolites possible probably punctuation pyritic range reduction references represent resemble response restricted rocks rounded SAND sand-filled tubes sandstone Sardinia Bay Formation sediment sediment-dwelling sedimentary structures separates shafts Shone showing similar Skolithos Skolithos ichnofacies Smith SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM species Spreiten strata substrate suggest Table Table Mountain Group Thalassinoides tidal currents trace fossil association typical U-tube units Upper vermiform vertical wave weathering