Annals of the South African Museum: Annale Van Die Suid-Afrikaanse MuseumWest, Newman & Company for the trustees of the Museum, 1991 - Natural history |
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... similar to Ophiomorpha but lack the typical dichotomous branching of that ichnogenus . If the openings were more distinctly funnel - shaped and the plugged tubes curved in vertical section , Mono- craterion might be a more plausible ...
... similar to Ophiomorpha but lack the typical dichotomous branching of that ichnogenus . If the openings were more distinctly funnel - shaped and the plugged tubes curved in vertical section , Mono- craterion might be a more plausible ...
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... similar trace - maker for both . ? CRUZIANA Description Figure 10 represents a sandstone sole marking that consists of a series of raised elongate ridges in a V - shaped pattern . It is clear that the ridges on the sandstone sole are ...
... similar trace - maker for both . ? CRUZIANA Description Figure 10 represents a sandstone sole marking that consists of a series of raised elongate ridges in a V - shaped pattern . It is clear that the ridges on the sandstone sole are ...
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... similar to Chondrites . probably worms ( Nicholson 1873 ; Häntzschel 1975 : W95 - W97 ) . The indistinct walls suggest the host sediment and burrow - fill were identical in composition and that the burrowing activities may have taken ...
... similar to Chondrites . probably worms ( Nicholson 1873 ; Häntzschel 1975 : W95 - W97 ) . The indistinct walls suggest the host sediment and burrow - fill were identical in composition and that the burrowing activities may have taken ...
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abbreviated bioturbated burrow fill callianassid decapods Cape Town Chondrites cm Fig cm in diameter colonization by sediment-dwellers correlation cross-section Cruziana ichnofacies model currents and waves decapods depositional environment Description Differential weathering Diplocraterion disseminated pyrite EARLY ORDOVICIAN SARDINIA Ekdale epeiric sea FACIES INTERPRETATIONS Fascifodina Figure Frey & Pemberton Gastropoda Häntzschel 1975 holotype ichno ichnogenus indicate INNER SHELF MEGARIPPLE INNER SHELF MUD INNERMOST SHELF MUD interval Irregular U-tubes Leda MUD AND SAND Mudrock units namacolus occur Ophiomorpha paper paratypes parentheses Pemberton 1984 Port Elizabeth punctuation quartzite references relict sedimentary structures Restricted biota rocks Roman numerals sandstone sole Sardinia Bay Formation scientific name sediment sediment-dwelling organisms sedimentary structures Seilacher 1967 shafts shallow marine Shone shoreface Skolithos ichnofacies Skolithos tubes sole marking SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM Spreiten demarcated sub-horizontal Synonymy Table Mountain Group Thalassinoides tidal currents trace fossil assemblages trace fossil association traces resembling Upper Sardinia Bay V-shaped pattern Vermiform sand-filled tubes vertical burrows