Late Silurian and Early Devonian terrestrialisation: Ichnological insights from the Lower Old Red Sandstone of the Anglo-Welsh Basin, U.K.

Morrissey, Lance B.; Hillier, Robert D.; Marriott, Susan B.

doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.04.018

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“…Zonneveld et al (2012) proposed fish, worms, insects and anemones as the potential tracemakers of both Skolithos and Monocraterion. In non-marine settings Skolithos may be produced even by insects: midge larvae, tiger beetle, arachnids, ants or plants (Alpert 1974;Häntzschel 1975;Pemberton et al 1984;Bjerstedt 1988;Pemberton and Jones 1988;Gillette et al 2003;Schlirf and Uchman 2005;Morrisey et al 2006Morrisey et al , 2012Singh et al 2008;Knaust 2012). According to Bradshaw (2010) modern Skolithos is produced by polychaete worms (Onuphis microcephala) and wormlike phoronids (Phoronopsis viridis).…”

Section: Rhizocorallium Jenensementioning

confidence: 99%

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: Rhizocorallium Jenensementioning

confidence: 99%

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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“…7). Outside of the Stonehaven Group, the Old Red Sandstone of Anglo-Welsh Basin contains the oldest recorded example of fully terrestrial meniscate burrows in the global rock record (Morrissey et al, 2012a(Morrissey et al, , 2012b, in rocks of Pridoli age (Allen and Williams, 1981;Barclay et al, 2015). Meniscate burrows reported from the mid-Silurian Grampians Group of Western Australia probably formed in a fully marine setting (George, 1994;contra Gouramanis et al, 2003).…”

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“…Elsewhere in the global rock record, Arenicolites is reported from the Cambrian until the present day (Virtasalo et al, 2011), but absent in non-marine strata until the Pridoli (Morrissey et al, 2012a(Morrissey et al, , 2012b. The tracemaker is typically interpreted as being a vermiform organism (Häntzschel, 1975).…”

Section: Arenicolites Salter 1857mentioning

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Archetypally Siluro-Devonian ichnofauna in the Cowie Formation, Scotland: implications for the myriapod fossil record and Highland Boundary Fault Movement

Shillito

Davies

2017

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

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“…As well as, Morrissey et al (2012) documented ephemeral lakes deposits from the Late Silurian and Early Devonian of the Anglo-Welsh Basin, UK. The ichnofauna is characterised by low diversity, dominance of very simple forms, superficial or very shallow trace fossils as combination of locomotion, grazing, and dwelling structures.…”

Section: Taenidium-scoyenia Ichnoassemblagementioning

confidence: 93%

“…Such as, Morrissey, Hillier, and Marriott (2012) described the assemblage in floodplain deposits from the Late Silurian and Early Devonian of the Anglo-Welsh Basin, UK; Buatois and Mángano (2002) reviewed the ichnofaunas of the Carboniferous desiccated floodplain in western Argentina; Wang et al (2014) documented the assemblage in floodplain deposits from the Middle Triassic Youfangzhuang Formation in western Henan of China; Hu and Wu (1993) discussed Scoyenia-Steinichnus-Rusophycus assemblage of fluvial deposits from the Upper Cretaceous Jiaguan Formation in Sichuan Basin of China.…”

Section: Beaconites-palaeophycus Ichnoassemblagementioning

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Trace fossils and sedimentary environments of the upper cretaceous in the Xixia Basin, Southwestern Henan Province, China

Wang

et al. 2015

Geodinamica Acta

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The Upper Cretaceous Gaogou, Majiachun and Sigou formations in the Xixia Basin are composed of terrestrial clastic deposits, which are dominated by red-violet mudstones, muddy siltstones, siltstones, grayish fine-grained sandstones, intercalated with grayish, off-white medium-and coarse-grained sandstones or conglomerates. They contain 10 ichnogenera and 22 ichnospecies and Rhizoliths, including Arenicolites isp., Archaeonassa isp., Beaconites antarcticus, B. capronus, B. coronus, Cylindricum isp., Gastruichnus xixiaensis, Palaeophycus megas, P. tubularis, P. heberti, P. sulcatus, P. cf. sulcatus, P. striatus, Planolites beverleyensis, P. isp., Scoyenia gracilis, Skolithos verticalis, S. linearis, S. isp., Taenidium irregularis, T. serpentinum and T. barretti. From north to south across the basin, alluvial fan, braided and meandering fluvial and fluvio-lacustrine systems are recognised on the basis of sedimentary features. In reference to them, four ichnoassemblages are recognised: (1) Skolithos-Gastruichnus ichnoassemblage in the channel environment of braided and meandering river, (2) Beaconites-Taenidium ichnoassemblage in the natural levee and crevasse splays, (3) Beaconites-Palaeophycus ichnoassemblage in the flood plain and (4) Taenidium-Scoyenia ichnoassemblage in the periodically exposed fluvio-lacustrine (pond or very shallow lacustrine) sedimentary environments. The present work not only enrich the trace fossils database of terrestrial origin but also offer new data to complete further continental ichnofacies mode and also provide the constraints on palaeoenvironments of the Xixia Basin.

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Late Silurian and Early Devonian terrestrialisation: Ichnological insights from the Lower Old Red Sandstone of the Anglo-Welsh Basin, U.K.

Cited by 31 publications

References 81 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

Archetypally Siluro-Devonian ichnofauna in the Cowie Formation, Scotland: implications for the myriapod fossil record and Highland Boundary Fault Movement

Trace fossils and sedimentary environments of the upper cretaceous in the Xixia Basin, Southwestern Henan Province, China

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