trace fossils ichnofossils. tracks and trails these features result from organisms moving across the...
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Trace Fossils
ichnofossils
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Tracks and Trails
• These features result from organisms moving across the sediment as they walk, crawl, or drag their body parts through the sediment.
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Burrow Marks
• Any organism that burrows into soft sediment can disturb the sediment and destroy many of the structures
• If burrowing is not extensive, the holes made by such organisms can later become filled with water that deposits new sediment in the holes.
• Such burrow marks can be excellent top and bottom indicators.
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TRACE FOSSILS
• Biogenic sedimentary structures are formed through the activities of animals and plants and vary widely from indistinct disruptions of bedding/laminations (bioturbation) to discrete trace fossils (ichnofossils).
• The term ichnofabric refers to the sediment’s texture and internal structure arising from bioturbation and a bioturbation index [from 0 (no disruption) to 6 (complete disruption)] is often used to describe the degree of disruption.
• Trace fossils are best considered in terms of their mode of formation: crawling, grazing and resting (on bedding surfaces) and feeding and dwelling (within the beds).
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TRACE FOSSILS
• ♦ crawling traces: trails, uncomplicated pattern; linear or sinuous.
• ♦ grazing traces: more complicated surface trails, symmetrical or ordered pattern; coiled, radial, meandering.
• ♦ resting traces: impression of where animal rested during life (but not a fossil mold).
• ♦ dwelling structures: simple to complex burrow systems but without suggestion of systematic working of sediment; burrows can be lined or pelleted.
• ♦ feeding structures: simple to complex burrow systems commonly with well-organised and defined branching pattern indicating systematic reworking of sediment.
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RUSOPHYCUS
CRUZIANA
DIPLICHNITES
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